Staughton J said that for a loss arising from a breach of contract to be recoverable: ‘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] Lloyd’s Rep 173
Cited by:
Cited – Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc (The Achilleas) HL 9-Jul-2008
The parties contracted to charter the Achileas. The charterer gave notice to terminate the hire, and the owner found a new charterer. Until the termination the charterers sub-chartered. That charter was not completed, delaying the ship for the . .
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Damages, Contract
Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.270784
