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Legal Terms -contemptuous damages
an extremely tiny amount of *damages granted where the court determines that the case should not have been initiated, even though the claimant has a legal right to succeed. In defamation cases where the harm to one's reputation is considered to be small, contemptuous damages may be given (Grobbelaar v. News Group Newspapers Ltd [2002] UK UL 40, [2002] 1 WLR 3024)
an extremely tiny amount of *damages granted where the court determines that the case should not have been initiated, even though the claimant has a legal right to succeed. In defamation cases where the harm to one's reputation is considered to be small, contemptuous damages may be given (Grobbelaar v. News Group Newspapers Ltd [2002] UK UL 40, [2002] 1 WLR 3024)
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