Reviewed case brief
Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd v. Newman Industries Ltd
[1949] 2 KB 528
[1949] 2 KB 528 · Court of Appeal (England)
- Court
- Court of Appeal (England)
- Year
- 1949
- Subjects
- Law of Contract I
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02
Rule established
Damages are recoverable if the loss was reasonably foreseeable as a 'serious possibility' or 'real danger' at the time of contracting; imputed knowledge (what a reasonable person in defendant's position would know) suffices where actual knowledge is absent.
Facts
Issues
Held
Ratio decidendi
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Editorial source
[1949] 2 KB 528; verified via Wikipedia, ipsaloquitur.com, oxbridgenotes.co.uk, lawteacher.net, e-lawresources.co.uk, opencasebook.org
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