damages

• exemplary damages are a way to punish the defendant for an extreme infringment or rights and deter others from undertaking the same type of actions
• nominal damages aim to uphold the plaintiffs right without awarding any substantial amount of damages
• nominal damages occur where a plaintiff is seeking to make a point about being legally in the right and show that their rights have been infringed
• contemptuous damages are damages awarded to a plaintiff who has the legal right to the damages but not the moral right ( they didnt really deserve them)

  • in this situation a small amount of damages are to be awarded