McGregor on damages / James Edelman, James Varuhas and Simon Colton.

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2018.

20th edition

88066

The law of damages.

Damages.

Mayne and McGregor on damages.

Mayne's Treatise on damages.

Damages -- Great Britain.

1. Introductory

PART 1A: Compensatory damages: object and terminology

2. The object of an award of compensatory damages

3. Terminology used in compensatory damages awards

PART 1B: The heads of compensatory damages

4. Pecuniary losses

5. Non-pecuniary losses

PART 1C: The limits of compensatory damages

6. The general problem of limits

7. Reduction of damages for contributory negligence

8. Remoteness of damage

9. Mitigation of damage

10. Certainty of damage

11. Past and prospective damage

PART 2: Non-compensatory damages

12. Nominal damages

13. Exemplary damages

14. Restitutionary damages

15. Disgorgement damages (Account of profits)

16. Liquidated damages

17. Vindicatory damages

PART 3: Various general factors in the assessment of damages

18. The incidence of taxation

19. The awarding of interest

20. The effect of changes in value

21. The recovery of costs, damages and fines incurred in previous proceedings

22. Breach of undertakings as to damages

23. Damages in actions surviving death

PART 4: Particular contracts and torts

24. The measure of damages in contract and tort compared

PART 4A: Contract

25. Sale of goods

26. Hire and hire-purchase of goods

27. Sale of land

28. Lease of land

29. Sale of shares and loan of stock

30. Contracts to pay or to lend money

31. Construction contracts

32. Contracts of carriage

33. Contracts of employment

34. Contracts for professional and other services

35. Contracts concerning principal and agent

36. Contracts of warranty of authority by agent

PART 4B: Tort

37. Torts affecting goods: damage and destruction

38. Torts affecting goods: misappropriation

39. Torts affecting land

40. Torts causing personal injury

41. Torts causing death

42. Assault and false imprisonment

43. Statutory torts: discrimination and harassment

44. Malicious institution of legal proceedings

45. Misfeasance in public office

46. Defamation

47. Invasion of privacy

48. Economic torts

49. Misrepresentation

PART 5: Human rights

50. Damages under the Human Rights Act

PART 6: Procedure

51. The statement of case

52. The trial

53. Appeals.

A primary reference tool on the general principles and the particular aspects of common law damages, McGregor on Damages is the leading authority on damages. As part of the Common Law Library, McGregor on Damages provides in-depth and comprehensive coverage of the law, from detailed consideration of the general principles to a full analysis of specific areas of damages. The 20th edition contains a number of significant new features: A new chapter on account of profits/disgorgement damages and an almost complete rewrite of the chapter on restitutionary damages. These are two types of gain-based damages remedy which are often neglected and commonly misunderstood. A new chapter on damages for breach of court undertakings including undertakings given in order to secure an injunction Increased coverage of monetary awards in equity. This is an area which saw greater alignment with common law damages in the Supreme Court decision in AIB Group (UK) Plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors [2014] UKSC 58; [2014] 3 WLR 1367 Comprehensive treatment of major new decisions of the Supreme Court including: Cavendish Square Holdings v Makdessi and ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67; [2015] 3 WLR 1373 (penalties); Globalia Business Travel SAU v Fulton Shipping Inc of Panama [2017] UKSC 43 (mitigation); BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland [2017] UKSC 21 (negligent advice, causation and remoteness of damage); International Energy Group Ltd v Zurich Insurance Plc UK [2015] UKSC 33 (causation of loss); Lowick Rose LLP v Swynson Ltd [2017] UKSC 32 (avoided loss); Knauer (Widower and Administrator of the Estate of Sally Ann Knauer) (Appellant) v Ministry of Justice (Respondent) [2016] UKSC 9 (calculation of multipliers after date of death); Jackson v Murray [2015] UKSC 5 (contributory negligence); Bunge SA v Nidera BV [2015] UKSC 43 (time of assessment and agreed damages clauses) Discussion and explanation of significant developments in the Court of Appeal and High Court in relation to damages for personal injuries, professional negligence, breach of privacy and misuse of private information, consequential loss clauses, pure economic loss, aggravated damages, vindicatory damages and many more. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2014.

9780414064157

clxiv, 1985 pages ; 25 cm