At common law, damages are a remedy in the form of a monetary award to be paid to a claimant as compensation for loss or injury. To warrant the award, the claimant must show that a breach of duty has caused foreseeable … See more

Compensatory damages are paid to compensate the claimant for loss, injury, or harm suffered by the claimant as a result of another's breach of duty that caused the loss. For example, … See more

Statutory damages are an amount stipulated within the statute rather than calculated based on the degree of harm to the plaintiff. … See more

In certain areas of the law another head of damages has long been available, whereby the defendant is made to give up the profits made … See more

Among the Saxons, a monetary value called a weregild was assigned to every human being and every piece of property in the See more

Proximate cause
Recovery of damages by a plaintiff in lawsuit is subject to the legal principle that damages must be proximately caused by the wrongful conduct of the defendant. This is known as the principle of proximate cause. This … See more

Generally, punitive damages, which are also termed exemplary damages in the United Kingdom, are not awarded in order to compensate the … See more