Loss of windfall
Language: English Series: Times ; 5 April 1996, 32(1)Publication details: 1996Subject(s): Summary: "Kennedy v K B Van Emden & Co", "Jordan v Gershon Young Finer Green(a firm)", "Burdge and another v Jacobs and others", CA 27 March 1996. A purchaser of property who paid an illegal premium was entitled to be compensated for amount of loss suffered at the date of trial, not at date of solicitor`s breach of duty. The diminution in value rule had no application to assessment of damages, which was not to include compensation for the loss of a windfall to the purchaser. Appeal dismissed in all three cases.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Law report | London Journal article | WB3215-92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 70136-1001 |
"Kennedy v K B Van Emden & Co", "Jordan v Gershon Young Finer Green(a firm)", "Burdge and another v Jacobs and others", CA 27 March 1996. A purchaser of property who paid an illegal premium was entitled to be compensated for amount of loss suffered at the date of trial, not at date of solicitor`s breach of duty. The diminution in value rule had no application to assessment of damages, which was not to include compensation for the loss of a windfall to the purchaser. Appeal dismissed in all three cases.