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…damages together with simple interest on the said amounts broken down below:- (a) Kshs 7,052,182.52 as compensatory damages together with interest for loss of user in office 6 on 4th floor from 1st April 2016 when the Plaintiff…

…As regards the alleged compensatory damages, I note from the Final Award, the Arbitrator stated as follows:- “282. The Respondent cannot have its cake and eat it.…

…The Petitioners having in succeeded in proving violations, what remains is the level of compensatory damages Mr.…

…In the circumstances, an award of compensatory damages of Kshs 3,000,000 is fair and reasonable.…

…The learned trial magistrate erred in law and fact by failing to consider that compensatory damages are intended to indemnify the victim for the loss suffered and not to punish the tortfeasor. 3.…

…The Appellants further submitted that compensatory damages are intended to indemnify a victim for losses suffered rather than to punish the tortfeasor. 6.…

…The respondent sought the following orders: a declaration that the appellant trespassed, general damages, compensatory damages in the sum of Kshs 1,438,150/= and costs plus interest at court rate. 3.…

…The respondent urged the court to award general and compensatory damages of Kshs 1,438,150/=. The respondent urged the court to enter judgment in its favour as outlined in the plaint. 10.…

…This court will now proceed to assess the quantum of compensatory damages payable to the complainant and will take into consideration the following factors: I.…

…Premised upon the authorities cited hereinabove and regard being had to the nature of injuries sustained by the minor complainant in the original case, I do assess the compensatory damages at Ksh 100,000. 28.…

…In this case, the deceased agreed to compensate the plaintiff by paying him Kshs. 9,000,000/= but only paid Kshs. 1,647,000/= leaving a balance of Kshs. 7,353,000/= thus the plaintiff is entitled to compensatory damages or…

…He further relied on the case of Cuosseus v Attorney General [1999] 1EA 40 and asserted that plaintiff is entitled to compensatory damages for the deceased’s failure to honor the agreement between him and the plaintiff. 20…

…, yet no evidence was adduced by the plaintiff to prove that the alleged parcel of land had remained fallow for the entire duration of the contract. g) The learned trial magistrate erred in law in awarding and assessing compensatory…

…damages, in the sum of Kshs. 857,850/= only in favour of the respondent, whereas the said damages had neither been pleaded nor proved, in accordance with the law. h) The learned trial magistrate erred in law and in fact…

…injuries should so far as possible be compensated by comparable awards, while recalling that no two cases are exactly alike; and (ix) That the learned Magistrate erred in law and fact in failing to consider that, in assessing compensatory…

…damages, the law seeks to indemnify the victim for the loss suffered and not to mulct the tortfeasor for the injury he has caused. 7.…

…The respondent cited the case of Carey v Piphus 435 U.S, 247 (1978) where the US Supreme Court ruled that: While presumed compensatory damages may not be awarded in an action for a violation of procedural due process, nominal…

…and proven compensatory damages are appropriate to redress such grievance.…

…(j) In law and fact in failing to consider and find that in assessing compensatory damages, the law seeks at most to indemnify the victim for the loss suffered and not to mulct the tortfeasor for the injury he has caused.…

…Compensatory damages are awarded to a wronged party in exercise of the court’s discretion.…

…The appropriate remedy for the Plaintiffs given the current circumstances, is now to pursue the main suit for compensatory damages or for final orders seeking to set aside or nullify the sale, a determination which can only…

…This court also had due regard to the case of Lim vs Camden HA [1980] AC 174 where it was held that even in assessing compensatory damages, the law sought to indemnify the victim for the loss suffered and not to punish the…

…The learned trial magistrate erred in law in awarding and assessing compensatory damages in the sum of Kshs. 317,844/= only in favour of the Respondent, whereas the said damages had neither been pleaded nor proved, in accordance…

…This court also had due regard to the case of Lim vs Camden HA [1980] AC 174 where it was held that even in assessing compensatory damages, the law sought to indemnify the victim for the loss suffered and not to punish the…

…This court also had due regard to the case of Lim vs Camden HA [1980] AC 174 where it was held that even in assessing compensatory damages, the law sought to indemnify the victim for the loss suffered and not to punish the…

…THAT the Learned Trial Magistrate erred in law in awarding and assessing compensatory damages in the sum of Kshs. 599,640/= only in favour of the Respondent whereas the said damages had neither been pleaded nor proved in…

…The plaintiff in his plaint is seeking a declaratory order, a permanent injunction, and general damages for defamation, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, punitive damages, and aggravated damages.…

…The plaintiff in his plaint is seeking a declaratory order, a permanent injunction, and general damages for defamation, compensatory damages, exemplary damages, punitive damages, and aggravated damages.…

…He explains that non-pecuniary loss damages are generally understood as compensatory damages for non-financial detriments.…

…Non-pecuniary loss damages in the sense used here means what are generally referred to as compensatory damages for non-financial detriments ....” 14.…