Loss of Profit in UK Law

  • Parsons (H.) (Livestock) Ltd v Uttley Ingham & Company Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 May 1977
    ... ... £10,000, They also lost sales and turnover resulting in big financial loss. The total claim is £20,000 or £30,000. The question is whether that ... to person or property, but only economic loss , such as? loss of profit or loss of opportunities for gain in some future transaction: and those in ... ...
  • Czarnikow Ltd v Koufos (Heron II)
    • House of Lords
    • 17 October 1967
    ... ... voyage would probably result, or be likely to result, in this kind of loss." ... 5 The Court of Appeal by a majority ... So the owners claimed £300 as loss of profit for the five days by which resumption of work was delayed by this breach ... ...
  • Transfield Shipping Inc. v Mercator Shipping Inc. (The Achilleas)
    • House of Lords
    • 09 July 2008
    ... ... 5 The owners claimed damages for the loss of the difference between the original rate and the reduced rate over the ... required and that it was foreseeable that he would suffer loss of profit if he did not receive them, the damages were not recoverable. Sir Anthony ... ...
  • Spartan Steel & Alloys Ltd v Martin & Company (Contractors) Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 22 June 1972
    ... ... But, as this factory vas doing night work, it suffered loss ... 4 At the time when the power was shut off, ... melt had been properlycompleted, the plaintiffs would have made a profit on it of £400 ... 6 Furthermore, during those 14½ ... ...
  • Liesbosch Dredger (Owners of) v Owners of SS Edison (The Liesbosch)
    • House of Lords
    • 28 February 1933
    ... ... water in the heavy sea which was running, sank and became a total loss. The Appellants issued a writ in the Admiralty Division, and when the ... Part 5 was for £2,353 10s. 3 d. for profit alleged to have been lost owing to the stoppage of work under the contract ... ...
  • British Transport Commission v Gourley
    • House of Lords
    • 08 December 1955
    ... ... 2 The trial Judge awarded him £9,000 for pain and suffering and loss of amenities, and £1,000 in respect of out of pocket expenses. No ... to consider whether or not, in claiming compensation for loss of profit in respect of specific orders during the interruption of manufacturing ... ...
  • Harbutt's ‘Plasticine’Harbutt's Ltd v Wayne Tank and Pump Company Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 05 December 1969
    ... ... reasonable control, provided always that our, total liability for loss, damage or injury shall not exceed the total value of the contract ... innocent party after it has ceased to exist, such as the loss of profit which would have accrued if the contract had run its full term". And by ... ...
  • Dodd Properties (Kent) Ltd v Canterbury City Council
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 December 1979
    ... ... awarded to the second plaintiffs the full amount of the prospective loss to them arising from the interruption of their business which would be ... his victim as he finds him in terms of exceptionally high or low profit earning capacity, but not in terms of pecuniosity or impecuniosity which ... ...
  • Lagden v O'Connor
    • House of Lords
    • 04 December 2003
    ... ... driver include, in addition to the cost of repairs, damages for loss of use of the damaged car. In the ordinary course the reasonable cost of ... only to keep their business going, but also to mitigate the loss of profit (for which they would be able to charge to defendants). They replaced it ... ...
  • Sempra Metals (formerly Metallgesellschaft Ltd) v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
    • House of Lords
    • 18 July 2007
    ... ... In 1952, however, it was recognised that loss due to late payment might be recoverable if it constituted special damage ... to be afforded to Sempra:- "… a member state must not profit and an individual who has been required to pay the unlawful charge must ... ...
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