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1. Generally, damages can not be recovered in contract for losses, which do not affect a pecuniary interest of the claimant. In addition to financial loss a claimant might suffer disappointment, inconvenience and distress as a result of the breach but damages for such non - pecuniary losses are generally not recoverable in contract. This rule stems from the House of Lords decision of Addis v Gramophone Co. Ltd [1909] AC 488, where it was held that it was not possible to recover damages for the distress caused by the nature of a dismissal from employment, as opposed to directly caused by the breach itself. Damages can now be recovered for distress where that distress is directly consequent on physical inconvenience, caused by the breach. This principle which was decided in Perry v Sidney Phillips & Son [1982] 1 WLR 1297, was also applied in Watts v Morrow...

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