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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...

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...

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

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")...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

are based on the word of the defendant to the claimant leading to their reliance on the word hence leading to detriment suffered by the claimant. The focus...

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...

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

[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...

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...

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...