The right to claim the costs of bringing property up to standards

Compensation for property damages is awarded to allow restoring the situation that prevailed before the damage. A court will therefore award an amount sufficient to repair, rebuild or replace the damaged property.

But what if the cost of making the victim whole again is increased because of external factors, such as more rigorous standards than those which applied when the property was built? Such was the issue at stake in a case under discussion.

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