Damages in General in UK Law
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CIVIL LIABILITY FOR THE CONTENTS OF THE PROSPECTUS IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW ISRAELI SECURITIES LAW
... ... American view.6 A purchaser of securities may recover damages from the issuer and certain other people who have signed the ... definition in the Law contains a number of very general concepts and is a clear attempt to embrace as wide an ... ...
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The European Union’s non-contractual liability following country and counterterrorism sanctions: Is there anything to learn from the Safa Nicu Sepahan case?
This article focuses on the actions aimed at compensating for the damage suffered by natural and legal persons following the imposition of EU country or counterterrorism restrictive measures. The j...... ... EU jurisprudence in the field often too reluctant to award damages, in accordance with the traditional conservative approach of the EU Courts ... legal guarantees that was introduced in Article 215(3) TFEU, the General Court considered that provision as respectful of the fundamental rights of ... ...
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Justifying Exceptions to Proof of Causation in Tort Law
This article defends a set of exceptions to the general rule in tort law that a claimant must prove that a particular defendant's wrongful conduct was a cause of its injury on the balance of probab...... ... Law Sandy Steel * This article defends a set of exceptions to the general rule in tort law that a claimant must prove that a particular ... balance of probabilities in order to be entitled to compensatory damages in respect of that injury. The basic rationale for each exception is that ... ...
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ON THE LIBERATION OF APPELLATE JUDGES HOW NOT TO DO IT!*
... ... The jury assessed the compensatory damages at 215,000, and the exemplary at 225,000. The main issue on ... reserved the matter of the diverse components of general damages. There are, he said, cases where damages are at ... ...
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The Politics and Economics of Tort Law: Judicially Imposed Periodical Payments of Damages
... ... The mere fact that the claimant is in need of greater car e or has su¡ered a general or con- tinuing deterioration will not su⁄ce to trigger a re view. Instead the deterior ation must be‘clear and severab le’ and correspond ... ...
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Diminished Responsibility—Satisfactory Developments
... ... The appellant had alleged that the President-General of the union had embezzled $25,000 and that other o5cers ... as special damage and damages generally. It is well known that any person who commences an ... ...
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Rethinking Richardson: Sexual Harassment Damages in the #MeToo Era
The 2014 judgment in Richardson v Oracle Corporation Australia Pty Ltd (‘Richardson’) had a seismic effect on workplace sexual harassment claims in Australia. Overnight, the ‘general range’ of dama...... ... Overn ight, the ‘general ra nge’ of damages awarded for non-ec onomic loss insuch cases increased from between$12 000 and $20 000 to $100 000 and above. Thejudgment has ... ...
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Civil Actions by Shareholders against an Insolvent Issuer: Soden v British & Commonwealth Plc
X acquires securities of a company, Y plc. It transpires that Y plc has induced X to acquire the securities by a misrepresentation as to the underlying asset worth of Y plc. Y plc subsequently goes...... ... Should X's claim against Y plc for damages arising from the misrepresenta-tion be subordinated to the claims of Y ... then its claim, once determined, would rank for payment below the general creditors in any distribution of Atlantic's assets. The admin-istrators of ... ...
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REVIEWS
Book reviewed in this article: Dicey's Conflict of Laws. Seventh edition. Under the general editorship of J. H. C. Morris, D.C.L.(Oxon.) Mayne & McGregor on Damages. Twelfth edition. By Harvey McGr...... ... Seventh edition. Under the general editorship of J. H. C. MORRIB, D.c.L.(Oxon.) with specialist ... J. UNOEE. MAYNE & MCGREOOR ON DAMAGES ... Twelfth edition. By HARVEY MCGREOOR, M.A., B.C.L. [Sweet & ... ...
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Strict Liability for Police Nonfeasance? The Kinghan Report on the Riot (Damages) Act 1886
The Riot (Damages) Act 1886 imposes a no‐fault obligation on police forces to compensate owners of property damaged in rioting. Following the riots across England in 2011 an independent Home Office...... ... The best alternative to negligence liability might not be ‘no liability’ (the general position now at common law), or liability based on ‘serious fault’ (as the Law Commission proposed in 2008), but liability without fault ... ...
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