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McGregor on Damages 22nd Edition (Mainwork + 1st Supplement)

McGregor on Damages 22nd Edition (Mainwork + 1st Supplement)

Author: James Edelman; Prof Andrew Higgins; Prof Jason Varuhas
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
ISBN: 9780414130371

Previous Edition ISBN: 9780414119598
Published In: August 2025
Format: Hardback + Paperback
Jurisdiction: Commonwealth, U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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A primary reference tool on the general principles and the particular aspects of common law damages, McGregor on Damages is still the leading authority on damages and has been for 60 years. Part of the Common Law Library, McGregor on Damages provides in-depth and comprehensive coverage of the law, from detailed consideration of the general principles to a full analysis of specific areas of damages. Provides comprehensive coverage of the law of damages, especially in light of numerous important decisions from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since the publication of the 22nd edition in June 2024. Includes detailed consideration of the general principles of damages to specific heads of damages and the operation of damages in many specific areas of law.

Damages concerning the performance interest in cases concerning breach of contract and claims for wasted expenditure;
Damages for torts where proof of loss is required
Rules of causation and principles of "material contribution" for damages in the law of torts;
Damages for mental distress in the law of contract;
Rules of remoteness of damage and mitigation of loss for breach of contract including for contracts for the sale of goods;
Rules concerning disgorgement of a defendant's profits from wrongdoing;
Damages for personal injury, assault and false imprisonment;
The scope of damages liability on an undertaking as to damages.
Considers damages in the particular areas below:

Contract

Sale of Goods; Contracts of Employment; Contracts of Carriage; Interest; Liquidated Damages and Penalties.

Torts

Torts causing Personal Injury; Torts Causing Death; Torts affecting Goods: Damages and Destruction; Torts affecting Goods: Misappropriation; Torts affecting Land; Assault and battery; False imprisonment; Defamation, Injurious falsehood; Economic Torts and Intellectual Property Wrongs.

New to this Supplement

The new material since the publication of the 22nd edition of McGregor on Damages in June 2024 includes half a dozen important decisions of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the High Court of Australia, and numerous decisions from the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and High Court. The topics cover a wide range:

Damages concerning the performance interest in cases concerning breach of contract;
Damages for breach of contract to recover wasted expenditure;
Damages where proof of loss is required for the cause of action such as injurious falsehood or passing off;
Rules of causation and principles of "material contribution" in the law of torts;
Damages for mental distress in the law of contract;
Rules of remoteness of damage and mitigation of loss;
Disgorgement of a defendant's profits from wrongdoing;
The scope of duty and liability on an undertaking as to damages;
Damages rules for personal injury and death, defamation, assault and false imprisonment;
Licence fee (or negotiating or user) damages.

1. The Meaning of Damages and Compensation at Common Law and in Equity

2. The Object of Compensatory Damages at Common Law

3. The Common Law Terminology in Compensatory Damages and in Consequential Loss Claims

4. Equitable Damages

5. Pecuniary Losses

6. Non-Pecuniary Losses

7. The General Problem of Limits

8. Reduction of Damages for Contributory Negligence

9. Causation of Damage, Scope of Duty, and Remoteness of Damage

10. Mitigation of Damage

11. Certainty of Damage, Presumptions of Damage, and Loss of Chance

12. Past and Prospective Damage

13. Nominal Damages

14. Exemplary Damages

15. Licence Fee (Negotiating or User) Damages

16. Account and Disgorgement of Profits

17. Liquidated Damages and Penalties

18. Vindicatory Damages

19. The Incidence of Taxation

20. The Awarding of Interest

21. The Effect of Changes in Value

22. Costs, Damages and Fines in Previous Proceedings

23. Undertakings as to Damages

24. Damages in Actions Surviving Death

25. The Measure of Damages in Contract Compared with Torts

26. Sale of Goods

27. Hire and Hire-Purchase of Goods

28. Sale of Land

29. Lease of Land

30. Sale of Shares and Loan of Stock

31. Contracts to Pay or to Lend Money

32. Construction Contracts

33. Contracts of Carriage

34. Contracts of Employment

35. Contracts for Professional and Other Services

36. Contracts Concerning Principal and Agent

37. Contracts of Warranty of Authority by Agent

38. Torts Affecting Goods Damage and Destruction

39. Torts Affecting Goods Misappropriation

40. Torts Affecting Land

41. Torts Causing Personal Injury

42. Torts Causing Death

43. Assault and False Imprisonment

44. Statutory Torts Discrimination, Harassment and Intentional Infliction of Harm

45. Malicious Institution of Legal Proceedings

46. Misfeasance in Public Office

47. Defamation

48. Privacy, Confidence and Private Information

49. Economic Torts and Intellectual Property Wrongs

50. Misrepresentation

51. Damages under the Human Rights Act

52. Pre-Action Conduct, the Statement of Case and Case Management to Trial

53. The Trial

54. Appeals

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