McGregor on damages.

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Record Type: Book Book

KN37.1.M395 2009

Sweet & Maxwell

2009

18th edition

McGregor, Harvey

Damages - Great Britain

BOOK ONE. General principles. Definition, Scope, Object and Terminology -- pt. I. The Heads of Compensatory Damages. Pecuniary Losses -- Non-Pecuniary Losses -- pt. II. The Limits of Compensatory Damages. The General Problem of Limits -- Reduction of...BOOK ONE. General principles. Definition, Scope, Object and Terminology -- pt. I. The Heads of Compensatory Damages. Pecuniary Losses -- Non-Pecuniary Losses -- pt. II. The Limits of Compensatory Damages. The General Problem of Limits -- Reduction of Damages for Contributory Negligence -- Remoteness of Damage -- Mitigation of Damage -- Certainty of Damage -- Past and Prospective Damage -- pt. III. Damages Not Based Strictly on Compensation. Nominal Damages -- Exemplary Damages -- Restitutionary Damages -- Liquidated Damages -- pt. IV. Various General Factors in the Assessment of Damages. The Incidence of Taxation -- The Awarding of Interest -- The Effect of Changes in Value -- The Recovery of Costs, Damages and Fines Incurred in Previous Proceedings -- Damages in Actions Surviving Death -- BOOK TWO. Particular Contracts and Torts. The Measure of Damages in Contract and Tort Compared -- pt. I. Contract. Sale of Goods -- Hire and Hire-Purchase of Goods -- Sale of Land -- Lease of Land -- Sale of Shares and Loan of Stock -- Contracts to Pay or to Lend Money -- Building Contracts -- Contracts of Carriage -- Contracts of Employment -- Contracts for Professional and Other Services -- Contracts Concerning Principal and Agent -- Contracts of Warranty of Authority by Agent -- pt. II. Tort. Torts Affecting Goods : Damage and Destruction -- Torts Affecting Goods : Misappropriation -- Torts Affecting Land -- Torts Causing Personal Injury -- Torts Causing Death -- Assault and False Imprisonment -- Malicious Institution of Legal Proceedings -- Defamation -- Economic Torts -- Misrepresentation -- Invasion of Privacy and Misfeasance in Public Office -- BOOK THREE. Human Rights. Damages Under the Human Rights Act -- BOOK FOUR. Procedure. The Statement of Case -- The Trial -- Appeals.  + Read More– Read Less

Includes bibliographical references and index.