ABSTRACT
Considering the first principle, this was stated by Lord Blackburn in Livingstone v Rawyards Coal Company [1880] as follows:
In settling a sum of money to be given for reparation of damages, you should as nearly as possible get at that sum of money which will put the party who has been injured, in the same position as he would have been in if he had not sustained the wrong for which he is now gaining his compensation or reparation.
