The plaintiff cannot recover from the defendant by way of damages any sum greater than what is reasonably necessary for the purpose of making good his loss.
Judges:
Pearson LJ
Citations:
[1963] 1 WLR 1067
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Clark v Tull (T/A Ardington Electrical Services) CA 1-May-2002
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Cited – Lagden v O’Connor HL 4-Dec-2003
The parties had been involved in a road traffic accident. The defendant drove into the claimant’s parked car. The claimant was unable to afford to hire a car pending repairs being completed, and arranged to hire a car on credit. He now sought . .
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Damages
Updated: 23 November 2022; Ref: scu.188636