Compensatory Damages (OCR A-Level Law): Flashcards

Place injured party where they'd be if contract performed

Liquidated damages and unliquidated damages

Pre-agreed sum fixed by parties at time of contracting

Unenforceable clauses that punish rather than compensate

Court-determined amount based on actual loss suffered

Causation, Remoteness, Mitigation

Recoverable losses must be reasonably foreseeable

Losses arising naturally & losses in parties' contemplation

Take reasonable steps to minimise loss from breach

On defendant to prove claimant failed to mitigate reasonably