Recommendation IR2-7: No Exemplary Damages but Court Access Preserved
From Second Interim Report, published 5 April 2023.
Recommendation
I recommend that there should be no award for exemplary damages, though it should remain open to a claimant to pursue such a claim in the courts irrespective of whether they make a claim on the scheme.
In brief (written by this site)
In the Government response to the Infected Blood Inquiry in December 2024, the UK Government accepted the recommendation on exemplary damages and stated: "There is no award for exemplary damages, as recommended by the Second Interim Report in recommendation 7" (Cabinet Office response, Dec 2024). The record holds no update since the UK Government's response of December 2024 (Cabinet Office response, Dec 2024).
Sources
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Government response
There is no award for exemplary damages, as recommended by the Second Interim Report in recommendation 7.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from UK Government has been found in the sources searched (last checked 11 June 2026). This is separate from the response above.
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Who has spoken
- UK Government
Response