United Kingdom

Chaplin v Hicks

[1911] 2 KB 786

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

Year1911

Statusunclear

Key Principle

Loss of a chance is recoverable as damages for breach of contract where the claimant can show on the balance of probabilities that they lost a real and substantial chance of a benefit.

Area of Law

contract

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