Perspective. A claim arises if wrong has been done. damages are...

Perspective.

A claim arises if wrong has been done. damages are awarded to compensate for loss caused.... if there is no loss then there is no entitlement to damages. Also least there is in U.K. - a duty to mitigate loss .. if it's the same down under .. and I suspect it is ... and you can write it off but don't you can't also have entitlement to damages. If you trade out off it good on ya but you can't also have entitlement to damages... No such thing as a right to double recovery .... intention of damages is to put you in the position you would have been before the wrong was done. If you've managed that yourself ..... no loss .. why join the CA ... cos will not recover a bean. Filing a claim for $x don't mean will get anywhere close if punters have themselves taken steps to lessen the loss... There endeth the lesson.