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Exemplary Damages—Two Commonwealth Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2003

Andrew Phang  and
Pey-Woan Lee
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The topic of exemplary damages has often been shrouded in controversy. Indeed, in some jurisdictions (such as England), the very award of such damages is confined to an extremely narrow compass (though cf. the recent House of Lords decision in Kuddus v. Chief Constable of Leicestershire Constabulary [2001] UKHL 29, [2002] 2 A.C. 122). Although the jurisdiction to award such damages is broader in other Commonwealth jurisdictions, difficult issues remain, two of which were recently explored by the highest appellate courts in New Zealand and Canada, respectively.

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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , 01 March 2003 , pp. 32 - 36
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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 2003

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