Personal injury compensation cases in the United Kingdom: The use of American vocational assessment tools in personal injury compensation

Issue title: International Work Practice

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kettle, Melvyn

Affiliations: Kettle Hughes Associates, Beaumont Enterprise Centre, Leicester LE4 1HB, UK

Abstract: This article describes the role of vocational assessment in personal injury compensation cases in the United Kingdom. An outline is given of some of the difficulties the writer has confronted in getting vocational assessment accepted as a legitimate resource in such cases, and the rationale for using American vocational assessment tools is presented. Finally, reference is made to two key legal rulings. The first ruling threatened the use of vocational assessment, and the second went some way toward redressing the balance.

Keywords: Vocational assessment, Legal, Personal injury, Compensation

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-1995-5105

Journal: Work, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 17-22, 1995