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In breach of contract actions, outline the basic rules regarding the recovery of damages for non-pecuniary losses such as disappointment, inconvenience and distress.
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In breach of contract actions, outline the basic rules regarding the recovery of damages for non-pecuniary losses such as disappointment, inconvenience and distress. [In this essay] I am going to look at damages for breach of a contract, namely for non- pecuniary losses. Damages for non-pecuniary losses are those losses, which are not financial, such as disappointment, inconvenience and distress. A contract is said to be breached when one party performs defectively, differently from the agreement, or not at all. The basic legal means of enforcement of contractual obligations is by compensation for the loss caused, in other words, by the payment of damages for breach of a contract. The general principle is that the victim should be placed in the position he would have occupied if the contract had been properly performed, but there are three limitations which will be considered; causation, where a person will only be liable for losses...
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