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.
The 22nd edition, published in 2024, is now updated with a 2nd Cumulative Supplement. New material added since publication of the First Supplement includes half a dozen important decisions of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the Privy Council and 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: measures of compensation in equity for misappropriation of assets by a fiduciary; liquidated damages and penalties; consequential loss clauses; scope of duty, causation, remoteness, and mitigation; damages for delayed delivery of goods and charterparties; damages for defective building work; monetary measures of rescission; and updates on the ranges of quantum of damages for assault, false imprisonment, harassment, libel, and slander.
