Editing Breach of contract (section)

==Rights to damages for breach==
Any breach of contract (warranty, condition or innominate term) gives rise to a right in the hands of the innocent party to recover their damage suffered which caused by the breach of contract by the defaulting party. Damages in the UK are the only<ref>Grand China, paragraph 98</ref> remedy available for breach of a warranty.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} Those damages can come in different forms such as an award of monetary damages, liquidation damages, specific performances, [[Rescission (contract law)|rescission]], and [[restitution]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Are the Remedies Available for a Contract Breach? |url=https://www.bc-llp.com/what-are-the-remedies-available-for-a-contract-breach/}}</ref>

Damages are classified as being compensatory or punitive. [[Compensatory damages]] are rewarded in an attempt to make place the innocent party in the position that would have been occupied "but for" the breach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Breaches of Contract - The Basics :: Litigant|url=https://www.litigant.com.au/blog/breaches-contract-basics|access-date=2020-08-23|website=www.litigant.com.au}}</ref> Those damages are most often awarded as payments. [[Punitive damages]] are given to "punish or make an example of a wrongdoer who has acted willfully, maliciously or fraudulently".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jec.unm.edu/education/online-training/contract-law-tutorial/remedies-for-breach-of-contract|title=Remedies for Breach of Contract — Judicial Education Center|website=jec.unm.edu|access-date=2020-04-10}}</ref> Punitive damages are awarded only in extreme cases and usually along with compensatory damages.