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Damages for breach of contract

Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (9501) 7 January 1995, 110(1)Publication details: 1995Subject(s): Summary: The case of "Ruxley Electronics & Construction Ltd v Forsyth" (Abs51365) illustrates the ambiguities of the simple maxim: `where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is ... to be placed in the same situation, with respect to damages, as if the contract had been performed`.

The case of "Ruxley Electronics & Construction Ltd v Forsyth" (Abs51365) illustrates the ambiguities of the simple maxim: `where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is ... to be placed in the same situation, with respect to damages, as if the contract had been performed`.