This is the long-awaited third edition of the influential and highly regarded Visser & Potgieter Skadevergoedingsreg.

The new edition deals with the new legislation affecting the law of damages, including the Road Accident Fund Amendment Act 19 of 2005, the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 and the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008.

A large number of important Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Appeal and High Court judgments and academic contributions since 2003 relating to most fields of the law of damages in both delict and contract are examined in the new editions.

Review of the second edition in 2003 Stellenbosch Law Review 440 at 445:
‘This book succeeds in making the South African law of damages much more accessible to students and practitioners. Its outstanding merit is that it offers a thorough and comprehensive compilation of a mass of material on issues arising within the law of damages. … [T]he law as currently applied is set out clearly, in an accessible manner, with extensive references to relevant cases and material, and this makes the book an extremely valuable source of reference.’

Review of the second edition in 2003 SALJ 903 at 904:
‘The book is exceptionally well researched and written. It is also very accessible, with a useful chapter on definition and terminology as well as an extensive bibliography, tables of cases and legislation, and a comprehensive index. The work addresses approximately 2 000 cases, including 180 cases decided since the first edition. While I cannot speak for damages in the area of contract, almost every major case involving damages in the area of delict in the last decade is referred to and given some treatment.’

• Part 1: General concepts and principles of the law of damages
  - Definition, nature and scope, object, systematics, sources, history and terminology of the law of damages
  - The concept of damages
  - The nature, causing and forms of patrimonial loss
  - The assessment of patrimonial loss
  - The nature and assessment of non-patrimonial loss (injury to personality)
  - Prospective damage and lucrum cessans
  - The 'once and for all' rule and causes of action
  - The nature, assessment, object and form of damages for patrimonial loss
  - The forms, nature and object of damages and satisfaction in the case of non-patrimonial loss (injury to personality)
  - The collateral source rule and compensating advantages (res inter alios acta)
  - Miscellaneous principles regarding recovery of damages and satisfaction
• Part 2: Damages in specific cases of breach of contract
• Part 3: Damages and satisfaction in certain forms of delict
  - The quantum of damages for patrimonial loss caused by certain forms of delict
  - The quantum of damages for patrimonial loss caused by bodily injury, death or the infringement of personality rights
  - The quantum of damages and satisfaction for non-patrimonial loss (injury to personality)
• Part 4: Procedural matters, costs etc, and private international law
• Table of cases
• Table of statutes
• Bibliography
• Index

• Legal practitioners
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• Academics