Article 74154 Cases
Damages for breach of contract by one party consist of a sum equal to the loss, including loss of profit, suffered by the other party as a consequence of the breach. Such damages may not exceed the loss which the party in breach foresaw or ought to have foreseen at the time of the conclusion of the contract, in the lights of the facts and matters of which he then knew or ought to have known, as a possible consequence of the breach of contract.
Number |
Issue |
# Cases |
1 |
Right to claim damages |
34 |
1.1 |
Losses suffered due to breach |
76 |
Country |
Date |
Court |
Arbitral Award |
00-00-1992 |
ICC Court of Arbitration - Paris |
Arbitral Award |
00-00-1995 |
ICC Court of Arbitration, Basel |
Arbitral Award |
00-10-1996 |
ICC Court of Arbitration |
Arbitral Award |
10-12-1997 |
Schiedsgericht der Börse für Landwirtschaftliche Produkte - Wien |
Arbitral Award |
00-00-1998 |
Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce |
Arbitral Award |
18-04-2008 |
CIETAC China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission |
Cases: 6 |
Argentina |
24-06-2010 |
Cámara Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Comercial de Buenos Aires - Sala F |
Cases: 1 |
Australia |
28-04-1995 |
Federal Court, South Australia District Adelaide |
Australia |
17-01-2003 |
Supreme Court of Western Australia |
Australia |
28-09-2010 |
Federal Court of Australia |
Australia |
20-04-2011 |
Federal Court of Australia |
Cases: 4 |
Austria |
14-01-2002 |
Oberster Gerichtshof |
Austria |
23-01-2006 |
Oberlandesgericht Linz |
Cases: 2 |
Belarus |
10-02-2010 |
International Court of Arbitration at the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
Cases: 1 |
Belgium |
02-05-1995 |
Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt |
Belgium |
18-10-1995 |
Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt |
Belgium |
09-10-1996 |
Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt |
Belgium |
20-09-2005 |
Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt |
Belgium |
22-01-2007 |
Hof van Beroep, Antwerpen |
Cases: 5 |
China |
15-08-2019 |
Hunan Changsha Tianxin District People’s Court |
China |
31-07-2023 |
Higher People’s Court of Zhejiang Province |
Cases: 2 |
Denmark |
21-12-2004 |
Vestre Landsret (Western High Court |
Cases: 1 |
Egypt |
03-10-1995 |
CRCICA, Cairo |
Egypt |
16-01-2005 |
Alexandria Center for International Arbitration |
Cases: 2 |
Finland |
27-03-1997 |
Court of Appeal of Eastern Finland |
Finland |
24-05-2005 |
Court of Appeal of Turku |
Cases: 2 |
France |
21-10-1999 |
Cour d'Appel de Grenoble |
France |
22-12-2006 |
Tribunal de Grande Instance de Strasbourg |
France |
12-03-2010 |
Tribunal de Commerce - Versailles |
France |
03-10-2013 |
Cour d'appel de Rouen |
Cases: 4 |
Germany |
24-11-1992 |
Landgericht Krefeld |
Germany |
28-04-1993 |
Landgericht Krefeld |
Germany |
25-08-1994 |
Landgericht Düsseldorf Kammer für Handelssachen |
Germany |
23-06-1995 |
Amtsgericht München |
Germany |
27-07-1995 |
Oberlandesgericht Rostock |
Germany |
29-01-1996 |
Amtsgericht Augsburg |
Germany |
28-02-1996 |
Landgericht Oldenburg |
Germany |
11-07-1996 |
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf |
Germany |
08-01-1997 |
Oberlandesgericht Köln |
Germany |
13-03-1997 |
Amtsgericht Tiergarten |
Germany |
15-09-1997 |
Landgericht Heilbronn |
Germany |
28-10-1999 |
Oberlandesgericht Braunschweig |
Germany |
03-04-2006 |
Oberlandesgericht Köln |
Germany |
31-03-2008 |
Oberlandesgericht Stuttgart |
Germany |
26-09-2012 |
Bundesgerichtshof |
Cases: 15 |
Japan |
03-06-2019 |
Tokyo Chiho Saibansho [District Court] |
Japan |
16-06-2020 |
Tokyo Chiho Saibansho [District Court] |
Cases: 2 |
Netherlands |
02-10-1997 |
Gerechtshof's Hertogenbosch |
Netherlands |
16-01-2009 |
Rechtbank Breda |
Cases: 2 |
Poland |
27-01-2006 |
Supreme Court of Poland |
Poland |
07-02-2013 |
Szczecin Court of Appeal |
Cases: 2 |
Republic of Korea |
23-02-2009 |
Seoul High Court |
Republic of Korea |
13-04-2010 |
Suwon District Court |
Cases: 2 |
Russian Federation |
09-09-1994 |
Tribunal of Int'l Commercial Arbitration at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce |
Russian Federation |
23-11-1994 |
Tribunal of Int'l Commercial Arbitration at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce |
Russian Federation |
29-12-2006 |
Tribunal of Int'l Commercial Arbitration at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
Cases: 3 |
Spain |
20-06-1997 |
Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona |
Spain |
02-02-2004 |
Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona |
Spain |
17-12-2019 |
Ad hoc Arbitration |
Cases: 3 |
Switzerland |
01-09-1994 |
Kantonsgericht Zug |
Switzerland |
15-12-1994 |
Kantonsgericht Zug |
Switzerland |
26-04-1995 |
Handelsgericht Zürich |
Switzerland |
10-07-1996 |
Handelsgericht des Kantons Zürich |
Switzerland |
05-02-1997 |
Handelsgericht Zürich |
Switzerland |
20-02-1997 |
Bezirksgericht der Saane |
Switzerland |
26-09-1997 |
Handelsgericht Aargau |
Switzerland |
28-10-1998 |
Schweizerisches Bundesgericht |
Switzerland |
25-02-1999 |
Kantonsgericht des Kantons Zug |
Cases: 9 |
Turkey |
31-03-2022 |
Istanbul Bolge Adliye Mahkemesi (Istanbul Regional Appellate Court) |
Cases: 1 |
USA |
09-09-1994 |
U.S. District Court, N.D., New York |
USA |
06-12-1995 |
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit |
USA |
21-06-2002 |
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit |
USA |
19-11-2002 |
U.S. Circuit of Appeals (7th Cir.) |
USA |
18-03-2008 |
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky |
USA |
07-11-2011 |
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida |
USA |
20-09-2021 |
U.S. District Court, Texas |
Cases: 7 |
|
1.1.1 |
Lost profits |
33 |
1.1.2 |
Devaluation of currency |
7 |
1.2.3 |
Costs for legal assistance |
12 |
2 |
Limitations |
2 |
2.1 |
Unforeseeable losses |
16 |
2.2 |
Mitigable losses |
2 |
3 |
Burden of proof |
4 |
4 |
Penalty and liquidated damages clauses |
7 |
4.1 |
Validity determined by (applicable) domestic law |
4 |
5 |
Contractual agreements to limit damages |
3 |
5.1 |
Validity determined by (applicable) domestic law |
0 |
6 |
Place of payment of damages |
1 |