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  • In which of the follwing case, was the test of remoteness of damages developed? Option: 1 Hadley v Baxendale<div class='qna-option

In which of the follwing case, was the test of remoteness of damages developed? 

Option: 1

Hadley v Baxendale


Option: 2

Scott v. Shepherd


Option: 3

Haynes v. Harwood


Option: 4

None of the above. 


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The key case upon which the modern test for remoteness of damages in contract law is founded remains Hadley v Baxendale [1854], which laid down the principle ?that, for damages to be recoverable pursuant to a breach of contract, the ?loss must either have arisen naturally ?from the breach, or be said to have been in the contemplation of both parties as a probable result of the breach at the time they entered into the contract. Hence the correct option is a. 

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