Pecuniary Remedies in UK Law
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Leading Cases
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Perestrello e Companhia Limitada v United Paint Company Ltd
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Accordingly, if a plaintiff has suffered damage of a kind which is not the necessary and immediate consequence of the wrongful act, he must warn the defendant in the pleadings that the compensation claimed will extend to this damage, thus showing the defendant the case he has to meet and assisting him in computing a payment into court.
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IM Properties Plc v Cape & Dalgleish (A Firm)
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The outcome was that the only claim which they made and which they were entitled to make in the action was for their unrecovered loss. The question then arose of the award of interest under s.35A of the Supreme Court Act 1981. But it is not necessary to express any view whether the references to payment in that section are to be confined to payments made by the relevant opposite party against whom judgment has been obtained.
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Legislation
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The Concession Contracts Regulations 2016
... ... (a) (a) for pecuniary interest concluded in writing by means of which one or more contracting ... 5 ... Remedies PART 5 ... Remedies ... CHAPTER 1 ... Facilitation of remedies ... ...
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The Public Contracts Regulations 2015
... ... additional documents;“public contracts” means contracts for pecuniary interest concluded in writing between one or more economic operators and ... of the rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures mentioned in that section;“SPD” means the Single ... ...
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Limitation Act 1980
... ... of action has accrued to recover(a) any debt or other liquidated pecuniary claim; or(b) any claim to the personal estate of a deceased person or to ... 152(4), Sch. 7 ... 36: Equitable jurisdiction and remedies ... (1) The following time limits under this Act, that is to say(a) the ... ...
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Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act 1966
... ... (4) In addition to the pecuniary obligations imposed by the award, the award shall be registered for the ... may require the exhaustion of local administrative or judicial remedies as a condition of its consent to arbitration under this Convention ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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Bringing Effective Remedies Home: The Inter-American Human Rights System, Reparations, and the Duty of Prevention
This article explores how the Inter-American Court of Human Rights applies pecuniary and non-pecuniary reparations judgments in an effort to compel States to comply with the duty of prevention and ...... ... LAPLANTE*AbstractThis article explores how the Inter-American Court of Human Rights applies pecuniary andnon-pecuniary reparations judgments in an effort to compel States to comply with the duty ofprevention and non-repetition as embodied in Article 1 ... ...
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Bosnian voices from the bottom of the well: Genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity and victims’ right to remedies
Human rights advocates call for reparation as an important step to acknowledge and repair historical injustice and mass harms. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, victims of war continue to seek monetary re...... ... In Bosnia and Herzegovina, victims of war continue to seekmonetary reparation for non-pecuniary damages caused by genocide: murder, injury to humanbody and dignity, and harms inflicted upon a close family member. They seek legal remedies ... ...
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Bosnian voices from the bottom of the well: Genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity and victims’ right to remedies
Human rights advocates call for reparation as an important step to acknowledge and repair historical injustice and mass harms. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, victims of war continue to seek monetary re...... ... In Bosnia and Herzegovina, victims of war continue to seekmonetary reparation for non-pecuniary damages caused by genocide: murder, injury to humanbody and dignity, and harms inflicted upon a close family member. They seek legal remedies ... ...
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Provision of Remedies for Violation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Comparative Study of the United Nations, Inter-American and African Human Rights Systems
... ... In this context, harm is not confined to physical or pecuniary damage suffered by a person, human rights law also recognises dignitary harm, which is moral in nature. The third condition dictates the existence of ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Clyde Procure Alert: Too Good To Be True? 'Free' Contracts And Public Procurement
... ... directives, define a public contract as "contracts for pecuniary interest concluded in writing between one or more economic operators and ... amount to an illegal direct award, vulnerable to a range of legal remedies ... The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide ... ...
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UK Residents Can Sue Google Inc In England For Misuse Of Private Information
... ... be broader implications from its conclusions, for example as to remedies, limitation and vicarious liability and such points will need to be ... "damage" and found that it does not distinguish between pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage. There was no linguistic reason to interpret the ... ...
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Landmark Decision In Vidal-Hall v Google Inc
... ... The implications this will have as to remedies, limitation periods and vicarious liability will be considered as and when ... section 13(2) of the DPA, which limits the right to non-pecuniary damages, on the grounds that this conflicts with the rights granted in ... ...
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UK Court of Appeal Establishes Data Protection Rights in Privacy Case
A recent English Court of Appeal judgment could significantly broaden the circumstances in which data protection litigation can be brought – and damages can be awarded – under English law. Backgrou...... ... of a claim for misuse of private information; whether pecuniary loss is an essential element in order to bring a claim for damages under ... as a tort may have broader implications, such as in relation to remedies (under which damages would no longer be discretionary), limitation periods ... ...
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