What is the legal principle for calculation of damages payable as a result of breach of contract?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from McKnight v. Morrison, 2019 ONSC 552 (CanLII):
The legal principle for the calculation of damages payable as a result of breach of contract is set out in Hadley v. Baxendale (1854) 9 Exch 341. The plaintiff is entitled to recover any reasonable damages that reasonably flow from the breach of contract by the defendant.
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