McGregor on damages / James Edelman, Jason Varuhas, Andrew Higgins.

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2024.

22nd edition

201878

The law of damages.

Damages

Mayne and McGregor on damages.

Mayne's treatise on 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 claims

4. Equitable damages

Part 1B: The heads of compensatory damages

5. Pecuniary losses

6. Non-pecuniary losses

Part 1C: The limits of compensatory damages

7. The general problem of limits

8. Reduction of damages for contributory negligence

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

10. Mitigation of damage

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

12. Past and prospective damage

Part 2: Non-compensatory damages

13. Nominal damages

14. Exemplary damages

15. Licence fee (negotiating or user) damages

16. Account and disgorgement of profits

17. Liquidated damages and penalties

18. Vindicatory damages

Part 3: Various general factors in the assessment of damages

19. The incidence of taxation

20. The awarding of interest

21. The effect of changes in value

22. Costs, damages and fines in previous proceedings

23. Breach of undertakings as to damages

24. Damages in actions surviving death

Part 4: Particular contracts and torts

25. The measure of damages in contract compared with torts

Part 4A: Contract

26. Sale of goods

27. Hire and hire-purchase of goods

28. Sale of land

29. Lease of land

30. Sale of shares and loan of stock

31. Contracts to pay or to lend money

32. Construction contracts

33. Contracts of carriage

34. Contracts of employment

35. Contracts for professional and other services

36. Contracts concerning principal and agent

37. Contracts of warranty of authority by agent

38. Torts affecting goods: Damage and destruction

39. Torts affecting goods: Misappropriation

40. Torts affecting land

41. Torts causing personal injury

42. Torts causing death

43. Assault and false imprisonment

44. Statutory torts: Discrimination and harassment

45. Malicious institution of legal proceedings

46. Misfeasance in public office

47. Defamation

48. Privacy, confidence and private information

49. Economic torts and intellectual property wrongs

50. Misrepresentation

Part 5: Human Rights

51. Damages under the Human Rights Act

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

53. The trial

54. 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 60 years. Provides comprehensive coverage of the law of damages, from detailed consideration of the general principles of damages to specific heads of damages and the operation of damages in many specific areas of law. Clarifies complex areas including loss of a chance, mitigation, causation, and exemplary damages; Explains difficult and rapidly developing heads of damages such as licence fee damages, vindicatory damages; Includes consideration of the operation of money awards in equity including equitable damages, equitable compensation and disgorgement of a defendant's profits; Examines specific issues as periodical payments, breaches of undertakings as to damages, damages, and interest on damages; Goes through the statement of case, the trial and appeals; Considers damages in relation to particular contracts, torts 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, Contracts of Employment, and Contracts for Professional Services. 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, Confidence and Private information, and Misfeasance in Public Office. Human Rights: Comprehensive examination of damages under the Human Rights Act 1998 including the claims for which these damages are available, the circumstances when they will be available, and their quantum. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

4, 8-21 (2021)

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9780414119598

ccii, 2140 pages ; 25 cm