Compensation for breach of contract: damages cover losses naturally arising or foreseen, excluding remote or indirect losses. Compensation for breach is payable for losses that naturally arise from the breach or that were in the parties' contemplation when contracting; remote or indirect losses are excluded. Similar non contractual obligations attract the same compensation. Estimation of damages must account for means of remedying or mitigating the inconvenience. Illustrations identify recoverable heads (market contract price differences, cost of remedy, reasonable mitigation expenses, foreseeable lost hire or rent) and exclude remote, speculative or avoidable losses.
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Compensation for breach of contract: damages cover losses naturally arising or foreseen, excluding remote or indirect losses.
Compensation for breach is payable for losses that naturally arise from the breach or that were in the parties' contemplation when contracting; remote or indirect losses are excluded. Similar non contractual obligations attract the same compensation. Estimation of damages must account for means of remedying or mitigating the inconvenience. Illustrations identify recoverable heads (market contract price differences, cost of remedy, reasonable mitigation expenses, foreseeable lost hire or rent) and exclude remote, speculative or avoidable losses.
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