restitutionary damages

restitutionary damages
Damages which aim to strip from a wrongdoer gains made by committing a wrong. This alternative measure of damages may arise where the defendant is unjustly enriched, where there has been mistake or frustration or where the defendant has made a profit after breach. Note that only in exceptional cases would the courts not use the compensatory damages principle for awarding damages for breach of contract.
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