Hadley v Baxendale

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gptkbp:instanceOf English contract law case
gptkbp:category landmark case
gptkbp:citation (1854) 9 Exch 341
156 ER 145
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1854
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Court_of_Exchequer
gptkbp:defendant Baxendale
gptkbp:establishedRule damages recoverable for breach of contract are those arising naturally or those in contemplation of both parties
gptkbp:fullTitle Hadley and another v Baxendale and others
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hadley v Baxendale
gptkbp:influenced The Heron II
Victoria Laundry v Newman Industries
Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc (The Achilleas)
gptkbp:judge Baron Alderson
gptkbp:location gptkb:England
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Hadley
gptkbp:principle remoteness of damages
gptkbp:relatedTo leading case on consequential damages in contract law
gptkbp:subject contract law
damages
foreseeability
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:English_contract_law
gptkb:Edward_Alderson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7