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 |
| 1.1.1 |
Lost profits |
33 |
| Country |
Date |
Court |
| Arbitral Award |
31-07-1996 |
CIETAC China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission |
| Arbitral Award |
10-12-1997 |
Schiedsgericht der Börse für Landwirtschaftliche Produkte - Wien |
| Arbitral Award |
00-00-2003 |
ICC International Court of Arbitration |
| Cases: 3 |
| Australia |
17-11-2000 |
Supreme Court of Queensland |
| Australia |
28-09-2010 |
Federal Court of Australia |
| Australia |
20-04-2011 |
Federal Court of Australia |
| Cases: 3 |
| Austria |
06-02-1996 |
Oberster Gerichtshof |
| Cases: 1 |
| Belgium |
02-05-1995 |
Rechtbank van Koophandel, Hasselt |
| Belgium |
02-12-2002 |
Hof van Beroep, Gent |
| Belgium |
04-06-2004 |
Rechtbank van Koophandel, Kortrijk |
| Belgium |
22-01-2007 |
Hof van Beroep, Antwerpen |
| Cases: 4 |
| China |
31-12-1992 |
Xiamen Intermediate People's Court |
| China |
17-12-1999 |
Rizhao Intermediate People's Court, Shandong Province |
| Cases: 2 |
| Finland |
27-03-1997 |
Court of Appeal of Eastern Finland |
| Cases: 1 |
| France |
21-10-1999 |
Cour d'Appel de Grenoble |
| Cases: 1 |
| Germany |
14-06-1994 |
Amtsgericht Nordhorn |
| Germany |
05-03-1996 |
Landgericht Düsseldorf |
| Germany |
17-06-1996 |
Landgericht Hamburg |
| Germany |
24-04-1997 |
Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf |
| Cases: 4 |
| Netherlands |
19-07-2006 |
Rechtbank Arnhem |
| Cases: 1 |
| Russian Federation |
16-03-1995 |
Tribunal of Int'l Commercial Arbitration at the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce |
| Cases: 1 |
| Spain |
22-05-2006 |
Juzgado de Primer Instancia, n. 3 de Badalona |
| Spain |
10-03-2009 |
Audiencia Provincial de Madrid |
| Cases: 2 |
| Switzerland |
05-02-1997 |
Handelsgericht Zürich |
| Switzerland |
28-10-1998 |
Schweizerisches Bundesgericht |
| Switzerland |
16-12-2009 |
Schweizerisches Bundesgericht |
| Switzerland |
17-12-2009 |
Schweizerisches Bundesgericht |
| Cases: 4 |
| USA |
09-09-1994 |
U.S. District Court, N.D., New York |
| USA |
06-12-1995 |
U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit |
| USA |
29-03-2004 |
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon |
| USA |
23-08-2006 |
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York |
| USA |
16-04-2008 |
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York |
| USA |
26-05-2009 |
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
| Cases: 6 |
|
| 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 |