How much of a loss can a company recover from a breach of contract?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from McCorriston and McCorriston v. Hayward, 1982 CanLII 2377 (SK CA):
It is fair to say the foregoing computation of the loss produces a result that, in the words of the Hadley v. Baxendale rule “may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract as the probable result of the breach of it.”
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