Reliance damages is the measure of compensation given to a person who suffered an economic harm for acting in reliance on a party who failed to fulfill...

the contract been fulfilled. Expectation damages can be contrasted to reliance damages and restitution damages, which are remedies that address other types...

Punitive damages, or exemplary damages, are damages assessed in order to punish the defendant for outrageous conduct and/or to reform or deter the defendant...

"consequential damages" are recoverable where a contract is breached by a party that knows – or is imputed to know – that ordinary expectancy, reliance, or restitution...

money damages designed to restore the injured party to the economic position they occupied at the time the contract was entered (known as the "reliance measure")...

Statutory damages are a damage award in civil law, in which the amount awarded is stipulated within the statute rather than being calculated based on...

is the field of law relating to gains-based recovery. In contrast with damages (the law of compensation), restitution is a claim or remedy requiring a...

damages Expectation damages Reliance damages Punitive damages Nominal damages Liquidated damages Statutory damages Treble damages Award of attorney's...

States law, treble damages is a term that indicates that a statute permits a court to triple the amount of the actual/compensatory damages to be awarded to...

Incidental damages refers to the type of legal damages that are reasonably associated with, or related to, actual damages. In American commercial law,...

accurately as possible. They may be expectation damages, reliance damages or restitutionary damages. Expectation damages are awarded to put the party in as good...

available in the sale of land law, but otherwise is not generally available if damages are an appropriate alternative. Specific performance is almost never available...

declaratory judgment does not by itself order any action by a party, or imply damages or an injunction, although it may be accompanied by one or more other remedies...

criteria must be satisfied: (i) Common law damages must be an inadequate remedy. For instance, when damages for a breach of contract found in favour of...

[1972] 1 QB 60 is an English contract law case, concerning the right to reliance damages for loss flowing from a breach of contract. Lord Denning MR held that...

beneficial interest in the property; and the claimant acted in detrimental reliance on that agreement or common intention. The question of quantum must also...

remedies (Damages) Punitive damages Incidental damages Consequential damages Liquidated damages Reliance damages Statutory damages Treble damages Equitable...

bargain. Expectation damages include: Benefit of bargain Lost profit Cost of cover Reliance interest - interest created based on reliance on contract or promise...

(worsening of their position); and for specific performance (as opposed to reliance damages), injustice can only be avoided by enforcing the promise. Angel v....

Plant Increased costs Financing charges and interest Duty of care Reliance damages Robinson v. Harman (1848) 1 Ex 850. Building Contract Claims, David...

Diminution in value is a legal term of art used when calculating damages in a legal dispute, and describes a measure of value lost due to a circumstance...

"Adequate remedy at law" refers to the sufficient compensation for the loss or damages caused by the defendant with a proper monetary award. The court must grant...

ISBN 0-314-22864-0. Leigh Ellis (6 December 2006). "Theory into Action: Calculating Damages Payments and Accounts of Profits in Patent Cases". Gillhams Solicitors...

remedies (Damages) Punitive damages Incidental damages Consequential damages Liquidated damages Reliance damages Statutory damages Treble damages Equitable...

remedies (Damages) Punitive damages Incidental damages Consequential damages Liquidated damages Reliance damages Statutory damages Treble damages Equitable...

remedies (Damages) Punitive damages Incidental damages Consequential damages Liquidated damages Reliance damages Statutory damages Treble damages Equitable...

estoppel under English, Australian, and American laws are as follows: Reliance-based estoppels: These involve one party relying on something the other...

wish to complete. Mr Maher got generous damages covering his loss (i.e. reliance damages, but seemingly damages for loss of expectations as if there were...

to restore the loss. The plaintiff can elect to either receive monetary damages equal to the entire value of the painting, or the plaintiff can ask the...

preference for expectation damages for breach of contract, as distinguished from specific performance, reliance damages, or punitive damages. According to Black's...