Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage & Motor Co Ltd¶
United Kingdom House of Lords. (1915). Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage & Motor Co Ltd. Appeal Cases.
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Mechanisms¶
- Contract Penalty or Remedy Clause
- The discipline that guards against this is the penalty doctrine itself: tie the stipulated remedy to a genuine pre-estimate of loss, keep it proportionate, and pair it with a cure period so the clause pressures performance rather than punishing misfortune.
This sourceDistinguishes an enforceable liquidated-damages clause based on a genuine pre-estimate of loss from an extravagant or unconscionable sum imposed as a penalty.
- The discipline that guards against this is the penalty doctrine itself: tie the stipulated remedy to a genuine pre-estimate of loss, keep it proportionate, and pair it with a cure period so the clause pressures performance rather than punishing misfortune.
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