For a loss arising from a breach of contract to be recoverable, Staughton J said: ‘It must be such as the contract breaker should reasonably have contemplated as not unlikely to result. To that direction must be added the point that the precise nature of the loss does not have to be in his contemplation, It is sufficient that he should have contemplated loss of the same type or kind as that which in fact occurred. There is no need to contemplate the precise concatenation of circumstances which brought it about’.
Judges:
Staughton J
Citations:
[1987] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 173
Cited by:
Cited – Transfield Shipping Inc of Panama v Mercator Shipping Inc of Monrovia ComC 1-Dec-2006
The owners made substantial losses after the charterers breached the contract by failing to redliver the ship on time as agreed.
Held: On the facts found the Owners’ primary claim is not too remote. To the knowledge of the Charterers, it was . .
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Damages, Contract
Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.246864
