McGregor on damages / by James Edelman.

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2021.

21st edition

90355

Damages.

Mayne and McGregor on damages.

Mayne's treatise on damages.

The law of damages.

Damages -- Great Britain.

1. The meaning of damages and compensation at common law and in equity

Part 1A: Compensatory damages: object and terminology

2. The object of an award of compensatory damages

3. The terminology in compensatory damages and in consequential loss clauses

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. Causation of damage, scope of duty, and remoteness of damage

9. Mitigation of damage

10. Certainty of damage, presumptions of damage, and loss of chance

11. Past and prospective damage

Part 2: Non- compensatory damages

12. Nominal damages

13. Exemplary damages

14. Licence fee (negotiating and user) damages

15. Account and disgorgement of profits

16. Liquidated damages and penalties

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. Costs, damages and fines 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 compared with torts

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. Privacy, confidence and private information

48. Economic torts and intellectual property wrongs

49. Misrepresentation

part 5: Human rights

50. Damages under the human rights act

Part 6: Procedure

51. Pre-action conduct, the statement of case and case management to trial

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 still the leading authority on damages and has been for over 50 years. 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 21st edition contains a number of significant new features: Each and every chapter of the book's fifty chapters has been updated and many have been very substantially revised. An entirely rewritten chapter on licence fee damages following the groundbreaking decision of the Supreme Court in Morris-Garner v One Step (Support) Ltd [2018] UKSC 20, [2019] AC 649. This detailed new chapter explains the circumstances in which this very important category of damages will be available after that decision. Many revisions and updated chapters have been prompted by important new decisions. The rewritten chapter on causation, scope of duty and remoteness of damages, by itself, reflects new and important decisions of the Supreme Court and Privy Council. Expanded coverage of torts causing personal injury, torts causing death and assault and false imprisonment including important decisions. Further inclusion of money awards for equitable wrongdoing, both to compensate for losses and to disgorge a defendant's profits including for breach of trust, breach of confidence, and misuse of personal information. Discussion and explanation of significant developments in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court and in other common law jurisdictions in relation to damages for professional negligence, breach of privacy and misuse of private information, defamation, consequential loss clauses, pure economic loss, aggravated damages, vindicatory damages and many more. Features List: Provides comprehensive coverage of the law of damages, from detailed consideration of the general principles to specific heads of damages. Clarifies complex areas such as loss of a chance, mitigation, causation and exemplary damages. Examines such issues as periodical payments and interest on damages. Goes through statement of case, the trial and appeals. Considers damages in relation to particular contracts, tort and human rights such as below: Contracts: Sale of Goods, Hire and Hire-purchase of Goods, Sale of Land, Contracts to Pay or to Lend Money, Contracts for Carriage and Contracts of Employment. Torts: Torts affecting Goods: Damages and Destruction, Misappropriation, Torts Affecting Land, Torts Causing Personal Injury, Torts Causing Death, Assault and False Imprisonment, Malicious Institution of Legal Proceedings, Defamation, Economic Torts, Misrepresentation, Infringement of Privacy and Misfeasance in Public Office. Human Rights: Damages are sought through the courts to compensate someone who suffers loss, damage or injury caused by the action of others. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2018.

Chapter on procedure revised by Simon Colton QC ... chapter on the Human Rights Act revised by Dr. Jason N.E. Varuhas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780414081482

clxxiv, 2033 pages ; 25 cm