Non-material damage is intangible harm that is not financial. That includes distress and anxiety. On recoverable non-material damage, in FARLEY v EQUINITI ( 2025 ) EWCA Civ 1117, a data protection case, the Court of Appeal reaffirms that a claimant has to establish, on an objective standard of reasonableness, that he/she has experienced and suffered non-material damage.
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