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"Keen said there was ‘no compelling evidence’ that vulnerable claimants were investing purely in index-linked gilts and therefore had a lower expectation of returns than ordinary investors."

That's certainly my experience. I doubt whether there is a deputy in the land whose clients have not consistently yielded significantly higher returns than were reflected even when the discount rate was 2.5%.

In anticipation of being deluged with down votes by claimant PI lawyers, could I ask any of them whether their clients' investment experiences differ? Can I ask them whether they even know how their former clients' investments have performed over the past decade?