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1
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Purpose of civil remedies:

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The aim of civil remedies is to restore the injured party (plaintiff) to the position they were in before the wrong occurred

2
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Damages:

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A type of civil remedy involving an amount of money being paid to the plaintiff by the defendant, to generally compensate them for injury, impairment or damage suffered.

3
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Specific damages:

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Can be stated as exact amounts e.g. medical bills

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General Damages:

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Estimated by the court for things like pain, inconvience

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Injunction:

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A type of civil remedy, being a court order requiring a party to either undertake or refrain from undertaking a certain action. Injunction can only be granted by the Supreme or County Courts.

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Mandatory injunction:

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Compels some to do something

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Restrictive injunction:

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Restrains someone from doing something.

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Damages effectiveness strength:

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Damages is effective when the loss suffered was an economic loss.

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Damages effectiveness weakness 1:

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Damages cannot ‘restore the plaintiff’ to their original position if the plaintiff has suffered loss or injuries other than pure economic loss.

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Damages effectiveness weakness 2:

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Damages also do not compensate for the time, inconvenience,stress and cost of having to take a matter to court.

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Injunction effectiveness strength:

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Mandatory and restrictive in certain circumstances can effectively prevent future damage to the plaintiff’s reputation.

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Injunction effectiveness weakness:

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Injunction will not compensate the plaintiff for any loss already suffered.

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