Gain-based relief for breach of contract: Attorney General v. Blake

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • McInnes, Mitchell

• Discusses the case 'Attorney General v. Blake,' where the Canadian House of Lords accepted the concept of gain-based relief for breach of contract. Calculation of contractual relief with reference either to what the plaintiff lost or what the defendant gained; Delineation of the relevant cause of action and measure of relief; How disgorgement may occasionally be warranted as a response to breach of contract.

• Date created

  2001

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Contracts--Great Britain
  • Breach of Contract
  • Restitution--Canada
  • Canada
  • Comparative Law
  • Restitution--Great Britain
  • Contracts
  • Discharge of Contracts

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R37W67M1Q

• License

  © 2001 Canadian Business Law Journal. This article has been reproduced with the permission of the CBLJ.