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Introduction -- General principle and approach - Damages are compensatory -- General approach - pragmatic and case specific -- Restitution and unjust enrichment - where does it fit in? -- Distinction between debt and damages -- Measure of damages in contract -- Loss of an opportunity or chance -- Time to asses damages - generally at the date of breach -- Defining contract damages - expectation damages, reliance damages and restitution damages -- Expectation damages -- Case example: Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd -- Reliance damages -- Restitution damages -- Measure of damages in tort -- Measure of damages for negligent misrepresentation -- Measure of damages recoverable for breach of s 18 Australian Consumer Law -- Causation: the common law test -- Assessment of equitable compensation for breach of fiduciary duty and other claims -- Account of profits, an alternative remedy to damages or equitable compensation -- Compensation for breach of trust and for breach of fiduciary duty -- Contributory negligence -- Burden of proof/causation and remoteness -- Remedies for delay in the payment of money -- Interest pursuant to statute -- Liquidated damages and penalties -- Proof of damages in different contexts -- Conclusion