Article 3A BereavementF1
Northern Ireland
An action under this Order may consist of or include a claim for damages for bereavement.
A claim for damages for bereavement shall only be for the benefit—
of the wife or husbandF2 or civil partner of the deceased; and
where the deceased was a minor who was never married or a civil partner
of his parents, if he was legitimate; and
of his mother, if he was illegitimate.
Subject to paragraph (5), the sum to be awarded as damages under this Article shall be F3£19,700.
Where the claim is a claim for damages under this Article for the benefit of both the parents of the deceased, the sum awarded shall be divided equally between them (subject to any deduction falling to be made in respect of costs not recovered from the defendant).
F4The Department of Justice may by order subject to negative resolution amend this Article by varying the sum for the time being specified in paragraph (3).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
- F3
Sum in art. 3A(3) substituted (with application in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) Order (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/173), arts. 1(1), 2
- F4
Words in art. 3A(5) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(5), Sch. 18 para. 112(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)