Chapter5 Hadleyv.Baxendale Peevyhousev.GarlandCoalMining Hadleyv.Baxendale CourtofExchequer 9Ex.341,156Eng.Rep.145(1854) AtthetrialbeforetheCrompton,J.,atthelastGloucesterAssizes,itappearedthatthe plaintiffscarriedonanextensivebusinessasmillersatGloucester;andthat,onthe11 th of May,theirmillwasstopped...
Hadley v Baxendale [1854] EWHC J70 is a leading English contract law case. It sets the basic rule to determine consequential damages from a breach of contract—that a breaching party i s liable for all losses that the contracting parties should have foreseen Facts The claimants, Mr Hadley ...