definitions needed to be known

Question 1

purpose

Answer 1

restore plaintiff to the position they were in before they suffered the lostt
E.g compensation

Question 2

damages

Answer 2

amounts of money awarded to plaintiff paid by defendant to restore position they were in before they suffered the loss

Question 3

types of damages
compensatory damages

Answer 3

specific damages - compensation, quantifiable
general damages - compensation, not quantifiable, by courts
aggravated damages - courts believes plaintiff suffered humiliation or emotional damages

Question 4

exemplary damages

Answer 4

punish defendant

Question 5

nominal damages

Answer 5

small amount of money awarded to plaintiff, after proven loss

Question 6

contemptuous damages

Answer 6

small amount of money to show the plaintiffs claim succeeded legally, courts disapproves of it, morally.

Question 7

restriction of damages

Question 8

injunctions

Answer 8

• a remedy in the form of an order requiring the defendant to do or not to do something.

-prevent someone doing hame

Question 9

restrictive injunctions

Answer 9

• restrict a person from doing something
• prevent harm of further harm from being caused

Question 10

mandatory injunctions

Answer 10

requires defendant to take action or prevent further harm from being suffered by the plaintiff