Damages for personal inconvenience ‘where it is sufficiently serious’ is recoverable at law (per Sir Alexander Cockburn CJ). Mellor J said however that: ‘for the mere inconvenience, such as annoyance and loss of temper, or vexation, or for being disappointed in a particular thing which you have set your mind upon, without real physical inconvenience resulting, you cannot recover damages. That is purely sentimental and not a case where the word inconvenience as I here use it would apply.’
Judges:
Sir Alexander Cockburn CJ, Mellor J
Citations:
(1875) LR 10 QB 111
Cited by:
Cited – Milner and Another v Carnival Plc (T/A Cunard) CA 20-Apr-2010
Damages for Disastrous Cruise
The claimants had gone on a cruise organised by the defendants. It was described by them as ‘the trip of a lifetime.’ It did not meet their expectations. There had been several complaints, including that the cabin was noisy as the floor flexed with . .
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Damages
Updated: 02 May 2022; Ref: scu.408560
