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How is this relevant? It seems the parent comment was primarily shocked by the size of the damages, which are not affected by the rule (or would if anything be

How is this relevant? It seems the parent comment was primarily shocked by the size of the damages, which are not affected by the rule (or would if anything be larger with the English rule, if you want to include legal fees under damages).

kuschku 10y ago
Because the English rule also means that all damages are purely compensatory, not punitative.
- philh 10y ago
  "It should be borne in mind that, in virtually all English civil litigation, damages are merely compensatory." That doesn't sound like it follows from the English rule.