Anglia Television Ltd v Reed

Subject Matter

DAMAGES — Contract — Breach — Actor repudiated television contract — Plaintiff's election to claim damages for wasted expenditure and not loss of profits — Whether pre-contract expenditure recoverable

[1972] 1 QB 60; [1971] 3 WLR 528

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Anglia Television Ltd v Reed [1972] 1 QB 60; [1971] 3 WLR 528; [1971] 3 All ER 690, CA

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Anglia Television Ltd v Reed [1972] 1 QB 60; [1971] 3 WLR 528; [1971] 3 All ER 690, CA

Cullinane v British “Rema” Manufacturing Co [1954] 1 QB 292; [1953] 3 WLR 923; [1953] 2 All ER 1257, CA

Hodges v. Earl of Litchfield (1835) 1 Bing.N.C. 492.

Lloyd v Stanbury [1971] 1 WLR 535; [1971] 2 All ER 267, Ch D

McRae v. Commonwealth Disposals Commission (1951) 84 C.L.R. 377.

Perestrello & Companhia Limitada v. United Paint Co. Ltd., The Times, April 16, 1969; (1969) 113 S.J. 324.

Wallington v Townsend [1939] Ch 588, Ch D

Subsequent Consideration

Cases subsequently considering: Anglia Television Ltd v Reed [1972] 1 QB 60; [1971] 3 WLR 528; [1971] 3 All ER 690, CA

Cases citing

Cases citing: Anglia Television Ltd v Reed [1972] 1 QB 60; [1971] 3 WLR 528; [1971] 3 All ER 690, CA

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