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Breach of Contract and the Expectation Deficit: Inconvenience and Disappointment (2007)
Journal Article
Chandler, A., & Devenney, J. (2007). Breach of Contract and the Expectation Deficit: Inconvenience and Disappointment. Legal Studies, 27(1), 126-155. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121x.2006.00041.x

One of the most controversial aspects of the assessment of damages for breach of contract is the extent to which there can be recovery for 'intangible' losses such as disappointment and inconvenience. In Watts v Morrow, Bingham LJ assumed that public... Read More about Breach of Contract and the Expectation Deficit: Inconvenience and Disappointment.

Damages at the Borders of Legal Reasoning (2006)
Journal Article
Campbell, D., & Devenney, J. (2006). Damages at the Borders of Legal Reasoning. Cambridge Law Journal, 65(1), 208-225. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0008197306007094

IN Borders (U.K.) Ltd. and others v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and another, the Court of Appeal has, yet again, succumbed to the “temptation to do justice” by further extending to claimants a disgorgement remedy on the claimed authorit... Read More about Damages at the Borders of Legal Reasoning.

Mistake as to Identity and the Threads of Objectivity (2004)
Journal Article
Chandler, A., & Devenney., J. (2004). Mistake as to Identity and the Threads of Objectivity. Journal of obligations & remedies, 3(1), 7-22

Discusses the significance of mistaken identity in contract negotiations and the importance of the House of Lords ruling in Shogun Finance Ltd v Hudson, on whether a dishonest buyer was able to pass good title to a vehicle obtained on the basis of mi... Read More about Mistake as to Identity and the Threads of Objectivity.