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Remedies for Breach of Contract :pill: : LEGAL SOLUTIONS awarded to a…

- - - - PLAINTIFF HAS A DUTY TO MITIGATE HIS LOSS
        
        :!!: Example : an employee dismissed from partnership turned down an offer of similar employment by one of the partners. The plaintiff was PENALISED for his FAILURE TO MITIGATE :!!:
  - - - The plaintiff is entitled to receive from the defendant, compensation for any LOSS/DAMAGE caused to him
        
        which the PARTIES KNEW when they made the contract to be likely to result from the breach of it
        
        which AROSE NATURALLY in the usual course of things from the breach
  - - - :red_flag: to PUNISH THE WRONGDOER
      - :red_flag: to make an example of the wrongdoer in order to DETER OTHERS from the same wrongful conduct
- - - - sale of IMMOVABLE PROPERTY - land, buildings, etc. :house_buildings:
        
        contracts for the sale of goods which CANNOT BE OBTAINED ELSEWHERE - antiques, valuable paintings, etc.
    - - in the case of a sale of MOVABLE PROPERTY (e.g. a car)
        
        :red_flag: UNLESS the movable property is UNIQUE and damages will not be an adequate remedy
- - - - This is an order COMMANDING THE DEFENDANT NOT TO DO SOMETHING. EXAMPLE: not to divulge confidential information obtained in a commercial
    - - ORDER THE DEFENDANT TO UNDO SOMETHING HE HAD AGREED NOT TO DO.
        EXAMPLE: may include return of property, keeping a gate to a road unlocked, clearing off trees from a right-of-way turning on electricity/heat in an apartment building
    - - This is designated TO REGULATE THE POSITION OF THE PARTIES PENDING TRIAL
        
        EXAMPLE : You own a home surrounded by trees & your neighbour claims the trees are on his property and is planning on cutting them down. While the dispute is pending, the court is likely to issue an interim injunction PREVENTING YOUR NEIGHBOUR FROM CUTTING DOWN THE TREES UNTIL THE MATTER IS HEARD & RESOLVED
- - - - The PARTY SEEKING RESCISSION MUST be in a position to RESTORE THE BENEFITS he RECEIVED from the other
        
        EXAMPLE: Buyer agreed to buy a piece of land that the seller thought he owned. Later it turns out that the seller does not have title to the property. Rescission would be the proper remedy.
        
        EXAMPLE: Adam booked a cruise holiday with Paradise Tours & made payment in advance. 5 days before cruise, the cruise ship collided. Paradise Tours must refund the payment to Adam under the principle of restitution.
- - - - EXAMPLE:
        A contractor who was prevented by the contractee from completing the work after he had done a part of the work is entitled to get reasonable compensation for the work done
      - EXAMPLE:
        You hire someone to clean your house for $100. If the cleaner had cleaned ½ the house and then you decide you didn’t want her to finish, she can demand $50 as Quantum Meruit