Q: Are damages an award? ¶
A: Yes, and typically of money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury.
Q: Are damages uncontroversial? ¶
A: Yes, most particularly intellectual property rights and breach of fiduciary relationship.
Q: Are damages damages that have not yet occurred? ¶
A: Yes, but the plaintiff expects them to.
Q: Are damages generally awarded only in claims brought by individuals? ¶
A: Yes, when they have suffered personal harm.
Q: Are damages most likely to be considered to violate ordre public? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are damages very small damages awarded to show that the loss or harm suffered was technical rather than actual? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are damages an amount stipulated within the statute rather than calculated based on the degree of harm to the plaintiff? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are damages subject to the legal principle that damages must be proximately caused by the wrongful conduct of the defendant? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are damages likely to be limited to those reasonably foreseeable by the defendant? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are damages not often awarded? ¶
A: Yes, they apply where the injury has been aggravated by the wrongdoer's behaviour, for example, their cruelty.
Q: Are damages much debated? ¶
A: Yes, but is usually seen as based on denying a wrongdoer any profit from his wrongdoing.
Q: Are damages further categorized into special damages? ¶
A: Yes, and which are economic losses such as loss of earnings, property damage and medical expenses, and general damages, which are noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering and emotional distress.
Q: Are damages awarded only in special cases where conduct was egregiously invidious and are over and above the amount of compensatory damages? ¶
A: Yes, such as in the event of malice or intent.
Q: Are damages used in contract law? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are damages categorized into compensatory damages? ¶
A: Yes, and punitive damages.
Q: Are damages £700? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are damages paid to compensate the claimant for loss? ¶
A: Yes, and injury, or harm suffered as a result of another's breach of duty.
Q: Are damages sometimes divided into incidental damages? ¶
A: Yes, and consequential damages.
Q: Are damages £450? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are damages limited to the circumstances set out by Lord Devlin in the leading case of Rookes v? ¶
A: Yes, Barnard.