An appropriate multiplier is applied to the multiplicand, and the resulting figure is the loss of support.My serious concern about the Government’s amendment is that in section 7(1)(e) reference is made to“any multiplier applied by the court”.The section goes on to instruct the court to apply the multiplier“from the date of the interlocutor awarding damages”.The date from which the multiplier is to run is new and a departure from common law, but courts will still need to look to common law to determine what the multiplier should be.