Damages in Contractual Claims

This book provides students, academics and practitioners with a clear, accessible treatment and evaluation of the applicable principles governing damages in contractual claims. This includes damages for breach of contract and damages in contractual misrepresentation claims. It explains the aims of awards of such damages and provides a detailed, but clear and structured, explanation of the substantive principles governing those awards and the relationship between different types of...
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This book provides students, academics and practitioners with a clear, accessible treatment and evaluation of the applicable principles governing damages in contractual claims. This includes damages for breach of contract and damages in contractual misrepresentation claims. It explains the aims of awards of such damages and provides a detailed, but clear and structured, explanation of the substantive principles governing those awards and the relationship between different types of claims. It also provides detailed evaluation of the development and limitations of significant case law in its context and hence identifies points of academic controversy and practical significance - in particular such as damages for loss of a chance, the Blake and Wrotham Park principles, recovery for third party loss and the measure of damages for misrepresentation. In doing so it also considers contractual planning in the form of agreed damages clauses and attempts to exclude or limit the remedy of damages.