A plaintiff can recover substantial damages for loss of a commercial opportunity even where the opportunity was more likely to result in a financial loss than a profit, provided the opportunity had some value — that is, provided it offered a substantial (not merely speculative) prospect of profit. The assessment must consider both the potential profit and the potential loss, and discount for all contingencies that might have prevented the profit from being derived. The fact that a commercial opportunity is not marketable or tradeable does not preclude it from having compensable value.
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