Court of Appeal provides useful guidance on the test for remoteness of damages for breach of contract | Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP
Generally speaking, a two-step procedure will be adopted in determining what damages will arise from a breach of contract. First, the courts will need to consider what loss has been suffered. Secondly, they will consider whether any of those losses suffered are too remote to be recoverable. It is this second test of ‘remoteness’ that …