What is the liability of a party in breach of a contract when the contract is breached?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Scheller v. C & M Holdings Inc., 1999 CanLII 12872 (SK QB):
In contract law the party in breach is liable for such damage as may fairly and reasonably be considered to arise naturally, according to the usual course of things, from the breach of contract. (See: Hadley v. Baxendale (1854), 9 Exch. 341; 156 E.R. 145.)
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