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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damages

Damages

In law, damages refers to the money paid or awarded to a claimant (UK) or plaintiff (US) following a successful claim in a civil action.

Compensatory damages
Compensatory damages are paid to compensate the claimant for loss/injury/harm suffered by reason of (see requirement of causation) another's breach of duty.


[edit] Quantum/measure of damages - breach of duty - contract
Following a breach by defendant, the most common approach taken by the judge is to award the sum which would restore the injured party to the economic position that he or she expected from performance of the promise or promises (known as an "expectation measure" or "benefit-of-the-bargain" measure of damages).

When it is either not possible or desirable to award damages measured in that way, a court may award money damages designed to restore the injured party to the economic position that he or she had occupied at the time the contract was entered (known as the "reliance measure"), or designed to prevent the breaching party from being unjustly enriched ("restitution") (see below).

In advance the amount of damages to be paid to one party if the other party should breach the contract. This is termed Liquidated damages. Under the common law, a liquidated damages clause will not be enforced if the purpose of the term is solely to punish a breach of contract (in this case it is termed penal damages). The clause will however be enforceable if it is a genuine attempt to pre-quantify a loss, ie a genuine pre-estimate of economic loss. Many clauses which are found to be penal are expressed as liquidated damages clauses but are seen by courts as excessive and thus invalid.