Publisher's Synopsis
This new edition is extensively rewritten to provide a practical look at the process of identifying and choosing remedial relief and the qualification of damages, and to enable students and practitioners to adopt a problem-solving technique. It does not act as a source of substantive law, but has been designed to as a guide that will enable the user to identify areas for further research in any given case. It offers a broad examination of the whole area of liability and remedies in contract and tort, asking and answering such questions as: what remedies are available?; what must a claimant establish to obtain this remedy?; what could prevent the remedy being granted? and, if the remedy is obtained, what will the claimant actually receive?;The first part covers the general principles of remedies for breach of contract, tort and misrepresentation, with in-depth instruction on the calculation of damages in personal injury and fatal accident cases.
