Introduction

Abstract

Abstract Where schemes for compensating injury operate alongside one another there are important policy decisions to be made concerning their inter-relationship. Are they to take account of the existence of other schemes and, if so, to what extent? Should compensation from one be reduced to allow for payments from the other? These questions can be posed in a variety of contexts. Within particular regimes, for example, they are the concern of the overlapping benefit regulations in social security law and the rules relating to indemnity and contribution in private insurance law. However, the focus of this book is upon personal injury litigation.