Damages (151)
HELD:
"With regard to how to plead and prove special damages, the law is quite clear that special damages must be specifically pleaded and proved strictly.
HELD:
"...there is a distinction between special damages and general damages.
HELD:
"...I however wish to comment on the distinction between "General Damages" And "Special Damages".
HELD:
"There is no yardstick for awarding General Damages.
HELD:
"It is obvious as shown on the record before us that the appellants' attitude to the claims of damages made by the Respondent was a blanket denial of such structure and that there was no destruction and is the basis upon which appellants say the special damages had not been proved and should not have been granted by the learned trial judge.
HELD:
"The question posed by the counsel for the appellants herein is, whether the evidence before the trial Court, which the lower Court held to be sufficient in prove of special damages in this case, satisfies the principle of law on proof of special damages.
HELD:
"In calculating the damages for use and occupation, the period is reckoned from the date of the holding over of the property.