{"id":37641,"date":"2023-09-29T15:54:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T15:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregorydamy.niceavocats.fr\/?p=37641"},"modified":"2023-09-29T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:31:00","slug":"legal-update-compensation-claims-and-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregorydamy.niceavocats.fr\/en\/legal-update-compensation-claims-and-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal update: Compensation claims and interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Legal update: Compensation claims and interest<\/strong><br \/>\nAny litigant can see that when he or she takes a case to court, the justice system is overwhelmed by the number of cases it has to deal with.<br \/>\nAlso, the human resources allocated to the courts do not allow cases to be dealt with promptly.<br \/>\nAs a result, there can be a significant time lapse between the date of the harmful event and the date on which the judge rules on the compensation claim.<br \/>\nWhat happens to the compensation claim in the meantime?<br \/>\nFirst of all, the assessment of the compensation at the time of the judgment must take into account, where applicable, changes in the exchange rate (Cass. civ. 2, 4 October 2018, no. 17-23.226).<br \/>\nIt will be sufficient for the judge to refer to an index in his judgment.<br \/>\nMost often, the judge will use the formula: &#8220;this sum will bear interest at the legal rate from the date of this decision&#8221;.<br \/>\nIn addition, &#8220;The economic loss suffered by the successor in title of a victim as a result of the victim&#8217;s death must be assessed on the date of the decision setting the amount, taking into account all the factors known on that date, and the trial courts must, if requested, update the compensation awarded for this loss on the date of their decision in accordance with the monetary depreciation&#8221;.<br \/>\nCass. civ. 2, 13 November 2003, no. 02-16.733<br \/>\nCass. crim, 8 March 2011, no. 10-81.741<br \/>\nCass. civ. 2, 13 September 2012, no. 11-22.051<br \/>\nHowever, case law leaves judges a great deal of leeway in setting the terms and conditions for calculating and updating compensation.<br \/>\nAgain, the aggravation of the injury is taken into account and when the victim&#8217;s condition changes after the judgment, it is possible to revise the amount of the annuities that have been awarded to the victim.<br \/>\nAlthough it has been the subject of debate in the past, the question of revaluing pensions is no longer debated today and, in most cases, the judge will order them to be indexed to the index that he or she considers most appropriate for the victim&#8217;s situation.<br \/>\nIn this way, time is taken into account in the full compensation of the loss.<br \/>\nThe DAMY law firm can help you calculate and assert these changes.<br \/>\nDo not hesitate to make an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal update: Compensation claims and interest Any litigant can see that when he or she takes a case to court, the justice system is overwhelmed by the number of cases it has to deal with. Also, the human resources allocated to the courts do not allow cases to be dealt with promptly. As a result, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<strong>Legal update: Compensation claims and interest<\/strong>\r\nAny litigant can see that when he or she takes a case to court, the justice system is overwhelmed by the number of cases it has to deal with.\r\nAlso, the human resources allocated to the courts do not allow cases to be dealt with promptly.\r\nAs a result, there can be a significant time lapse between the date of the harmful event and the date on which the judge rules on the compensation claim.\r\nWhat happens to the compensation claim in the meantime?\r\nFirst of all, the assessment of the compensation at the time of the judgment must take into account, where applicable, changes in the exchange rate (Cass. civ. 2, 4 October 2018, no. 17-23.226).\r\nIt will be sufficient for the judge to refer to an index in his judgment.\r\nMost often, the judge will use the formula: \"this sum will bear interest at the legal rate from the date of this decision\".\r\nIn addition, \"The economic loss suffered by the successor in title of a victim as a result of the victim's death must be assessed on the date of the decision setting the amount, taking into account all the factors known on that date, and the trial courts must, if requested, update the compensation awarded for this loss on the date of their decision in accordance with the monetary depreciation\".\r\nCass. civ. 2, 13 November 2003, no. 02-16.733\r\nCass. crim, 8 March 2011, no. 10-81.741\r\nCass. civ. 2, 13 September 2012, no. 11-22.051\r\nHowever, case law leaves judges a great deal of leeway in setting the terms and conditions for calculating and updating compensation.\r\nAgain, the aggravation of the injury is taken into account and when the victim's condition changes after the judgment, it is possible to revise the amount of the annuities that have been awarded to the victim.\r\nAlthough it has been the subject of debate in the past, the question of revaluing pensions is no longer debated today and, in most cases, the judge will order them to be indexed to the index that he or she considers most appropriate for the victim's situation.\r\nIn this way, time is taken into account in the full compensation of the loss.\r\nThe DAMY law firm can help you calculate and assert these changes.\r\nDo not hesitate to make an appointment.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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