{"id":173692,"date":"2022-08-05T03:59:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T02:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/?p=173692"},"modified":"2024-07-24T05:29:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T04:29:22","slug":"calculating-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/disputes-litigation\/calculating-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"How Are Damages Calculated in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a business owner looking to take another party to court<\/a>, you should know how courts calculate damages. The potential to receive damages will likely be your priority for entering into court proceedings, especially in cases of breach of contract. However, the court may not always reflect the financial loss you have suffered in its calculation of damages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article will explain some key points on how damages are calculated. It will also explain how you can take steps to make sure that your damages are not reduced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What are Damages?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Damages\u2019 is the legal terminology for financial compensation. A court will award damages to the successful part in a dispute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To receive contract damages, you must prove two elements. First, the other party must have breached a valid contract. Second, the breach must have caused you some form of loss, mainly financial. This will give rise to legal rights against the other party, which you can exercise through a claim for damages so that the other party can compensate you for your loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contract damages follow a general rule. They must put you in the same position you would have been in if the other party had not breached their contractual obligations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For example, consider that you have a contract to receive \u00a3150 for carrying out some landscaping work, and the other party breaches this by not paying you. A contract claim will give you \u00a3150, as that is how much you would have received if the contract had not been breached.<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

As part of this assessment, however, the court will look at many further points, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n