Gain-Based Damages: Contract, Tort, Equity and Intellectual Property

by James Edelman

On July 27,2000 the House of Lords delivered a decision where, for the first time in English law, it explicitly recognised that damages for civil wrongs can be assessed by reference to a defendant (wrongdoer)'s gain rather than a claimant's loss. The circumstances in which such gain-based damages might be available were left for development incrementally.

This book considers the nature of gain-based damages and explains when they have historically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841133345
• ISBN13: 9781841133348
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"