mesne profits meaning and calculation

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Anonymous
(Querist) 23 April 2011
This query is : Open
please explain how mesne profits are to be
calculated.
my brother is running a guest house illegally on my propery.the rates of rooms, no of rooms are advertised on the website. he is running the gh from2004 and i have now filed a suit for possession and mesne profits.
how do i canculate profits. what percentage of occupancy should i assume and what expenses i should assume.