What is the remedy for breach of contract?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Community Credit Union Ltd. v. Ast, 2007 ABQB 689 (CanLII):
The traditional remedy for breach of contract is to put the wronged-party in the position that it would have been in had the contract been performed. See Robinson v. Harman (1848) 1 Ex. 850 at 855. Applying this principle, courts award damages equal to the wronged-party’s loss.
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