Decisions on what happens when a contract cannot be performed or is broken: Taylor v Caldwell on the frustration of a contract by the destruction of its subject and Hadley v Baxendale on the limits of recoverable damages. A case belongs here when its cited article describes it as a decision on impossibility or remedies for breach. It excludes cases on formation. Both decisions are English and both are taught in the common law of contract as the origin of a standard rule.
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Hadley v Baxendale (Wikipedia)
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It sets the leading rule to determine consequential damages from a breach of contract: a breaching party is liable for all losses that the contracting parties should have foreseen.
Taylor v Caldwell (Wikipedia)
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Taylor v Caldwell is a landmark English contract law case, with an opinion delivered by Mr Justice Blackburn which established the doctrine of common law impossibility.
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