Leading Cases on Damages
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Chaplin v Hicks/best estimate rule

• Chaplin v Hicks [1911] 2 KB 786, CA

  • law report - pdf

  • article

• Wood v Grand Valley Railway (1915) 22 D.L.R. 614 (Supreme Court of Canada)

  • law report - pdf

• Penvidic Contracting Co v International Nickel Co of Canada (1975) 53 DLR (3d) 748 (Supreme Court of Canada)

  • law report - pdf

  • article - considers key points and provides links to subsequent cases citing Penvidic

Chaplin v Hicks/best estimate rule - context - apportionment of loss/damage

• Thompson and others v Smiths Shiprepairers (North Shields) Ltd [1984] QB 405; [1984] 1 All ER 881, QBD

  • law report - pdf
  • article

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