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Marine Insurance Law


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Chapter 11

Sue and labour expenses

Özlem Gürses

Mitigation of loss

Principles of contract law


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In contract law a claimant who makes a claim for damages is under a duty to mitigate his loss. This is, however, not a duty in the sense that he can be sued if he fails to do so, because the effect of a failure to mitigate is that the claimant cannot recover damages in respect of the portion of his loss that is attributable to his own conduct or lack thereof.

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