8.1.3 Compensation is payable only in respect of the major loss

Where a loss of a part of the body specified in the Table of Losses in S39(4) of the 1971 Act includes the loss of a lesser part, compensation is payable only in respect of the major loss, e.g. a client who has suffered a loss of an arm at or above the elbow is paid for that loss and is not additionally compensated for loss of fingers, a member who has suffered a total loss of hearing is not additionally compensated for loss of hearing in one ear, etc.