How to use this calculator
Enter the deceased's income, the dependency percentages for each dependant, and the multiplier. The calculator computes the dependency claim under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976.
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Deceased Details
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Dependants

Add each dependant and define their dependency period separately in the Dependency Periods tab.

Name Relationship Sex Date of Birth Retire Age Life Exp. Age at Death Age at Trial Life Multiplier
Bereavement Award

Bereavement Award

£0.00

Past Dependency (Death to Trial)

Add each period of past dependency. Enter the deceased's income and any other household income (e.g. spouse) separately — the net dependency is calculated using the Harris v Empress Motors method: (joint income × (1 − deduction%)) − other income. If there is no other income, leave at 0.

Description From To Years Deceased Income (£) Other Income (£) Conv. Deduction Net Annual (£) Multiplier Total (£)

Subtotal Past Dependency

£0.00

Interest on Past Dependency

Interest on past dependency is typically awarded at half the special account rate from date of death to trial.

Interest on Past Dependency

£0.00

Past Dependency + Interest

£0.00

Future Dependency (After Trial)

Add each period of future dependency. Multipliers are calculated using the Ogden annuity formula with the selected discount rate.

Description From To Years Deceased Income (£) Other Income (£) Conv. Deduction Net Annual (£) Multiplier Total (£)

Subtotal Future Dependency

£0.00

Total All Dependency (Past + Interest + Future)

£0.00

Services Dependency (Optional)

Services Dependency Total

£0.00

Funeral Expenses
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Scope:Dependency claim under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 on behalf of qualifying dependants, together with statutory bereavement (s.1A) and funeral expenses (s.3(5)).
Past dependency (date of death to trial)
Formula:Past loss = Σ (net annual dependency × years in period)
Interest:At the Special Account Rate (full or half) over the period from death to trial, applied to the past-loss subtotal (Cookson v Knowles; Sempra).
Future dependency (from trial)
Formula:Future loss = Σ (net annual dependency × deferred multiplier)
Multipliers:Ogden Tables (8th edition) at the selected discount rate; deferred where the period starts in the future. Dependency ratio per Coward v Comex Houlder Diving / conventional 66–75% depending on composition of the household.
Services dependency
Formula:Services = annual value × multiplier
Commercial or gratuitous valuation of the services the deceased would have provided, multiplied over the relevant period.
Bereavement award (s.1A)
Amount:Statutory fixed sum (currently £15,120 for deaths on or after 1 May 2020) payable only to eligible dependants as defined in s.1A(2).
Funeral expenses (s.3(5))
Basis:Reasonable funeral expenses paid by those for whose benefit the action is brought.
Sources: Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (ss.1, 1A, 3, 4); Ogden Tables, 8th edition; Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (England and Wales) Order 2020 (SI 2020/316).