Sir Edward Michael Ogden, QC (9 April 1926 – 31 January 2003) was a British barrister. The chairman of the

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) is an executive agency of the UK Government. The Authority, established in 1996 and based in Glasgow, administers a compensation scheme for injuries caused to victims of violent crime in Engla ...

from 1975 to 1989, he is best remembered for heading the working party which produced the eponymous

Ogden tables The Ogden tables are a set of statistical tables and other information for use in court cases in the UK. Their purpose is to make it easier to calculate future losses in personal injury and fatal accident cases. The tables take into account lif ...

, actuarial tables used by courts to assess future losses in

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and fatal accident cases.

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