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Loss Of Use: Quantifying general damages
Anna Macey considers the lessons to be learnt from West Midlands Travel Ltd v Aviva Insurance UK Ltd ‘It is well established that the owner of a chattel who is unable to establish a claim for special damages is entitled to recover general damages for loss of use. The dispute was therefore not whether general …
Cases Referenced
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- Admiralty Commissioners v Owners of the Steamship Susquehanna [1926] AC 655
- Birmingham Corporation v Sowsbery [1970] RTR 84
- Lord Citrine v Owners of The Hebridean Coast [1961] AC 545
- The Owners of No. 7 Steam Sand Pump Dredger v The Owners of SS Greta Holme [1897] AC 596
- West Midlands Travel Ltd v Aviva Insurance UK Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 887