Chapter 27 Self-test questions

Compensatory damages

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. Which of the following does the 'expectation interest' hope to compensate?

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. A cinema has seats for 60 people to see an exclusive screening of a new movie. Each customer has entered into a contract to pay for the tickets when they arrive to see the movie. Each seat can only be sold for £50. Customers were chosen from a raffle of those people who answered a competition question correctly. Some customers were also chosen to wait on standby for tickets to become available. A decides he does not want to go and so phones the cinema to tell them that he will not be attending. The cinema believes that A is in breach of contract and demands payment. What damages is the cinema likely to be entitled to?

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. A contracts for B to take a group of students to London to perform on a variety show. A is to receive £10,000 for the performance. The contract details the places the students are to be taken to eat, with A wishing to make sure the students are well nourished before taking part in the show. B ignores the contract and takes the students to a pizza restaurant near to the hotel they are staying in. The following day it is clear that over 75% of the students have food poisoning and are too ill to take part in the show. A sues B for breach of contract. How are damages likely to be calculated?

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. In assessing damages, at what point should the foreseeability of loss be assessed?

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. In which of the following cases is contributory negligence a defence to breach of contract?

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. A hires B to build a greenhouse in his garden. The greenhouse is to be 6m x 2m. In breach of contract, B builds the greenhouse to be 5.5m x 1.5m. The original greenhouse had a market value of £5000. The greenhouse built has a market value of £4500. Even at the smaller size, A could fit all she needed into the greenhouse. The cost of altering the size of the greenhouse would be £6000. What is the likely sum that A can recover for breach of contract?

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. Match the reason for the lost chance to the conduct of the courts in assessing a claim for damages.

Conduct of a third party

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Conduct of the claimant

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. A wished to employ a new manager for his multinational business. A interviewed B and thought she was the best person for the job. B was from the United States and so both parties knew there had to be right to work checks done and conflict checks done before A could provide B with a contract to sign. Eventually, B signed the contract and subsequently did the mandatory training. On her start date, she did not turn up to the office and did not ever begin employment. What damages is A likely to recover

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