Chaplin v Hicks

Chaplin v Hicks

Court	Court of Appeal of England and Wales
Citation(s)	[1911] 2 KB 786
Keywords
Contract, remedies

Chaplin v Hicks [1911] 2 KB 786 is an English contract law case, concerning the right to damages for loss of a chance after a breach of contract.

Facts

Hicks denied the opportunity of Chaplin to go into a beauty contest because of his breach of contract.

Judgment

The Court of Appeal upheld a £100 award for the loss of the chance at winning the contest, awarded by the jury.

Remedies cases

Robinson v Harman (1848) 1 Exch 850

Peevyhouse v. Garland Coal & Mining Co., 382 P 2d 109 (1962)

Ruxley Electronics Ltd v Forsyth [1995] UKHL 8

Anglia Television Ltd v Reed [1972] 1 QB 60

Chaplin v Hicks [1911] 2 KB 786

Jarvis v Swans Tours Ltd [1972] EWCA Civ 8

Farley v Skinner [2001] UKHL 49

Hadley v Baxendale [1854] EWHC Exch J70

The Achilleas [2008] UKHL 48

British Westinghouse Ltd v Underground Ltd [1912] AC 673

Banco de Portugal v Waterlow [1932] UKHL 1

Saamco v York Montague Ltd [1996] UKHL 10

Sky Petroleum v VIP Petroleum [1974] 1 WLR 576

Patel v Ali [1985] Ch 283

Cooperative Insurance Ltd v Argyll Ltd [1997] UKHL 17

Attorney General v Blake [2000] UKHL 45

Wrotham Park Ltd v Parkside Homes Ltd [1974] 1 WLR 798

Surrey CC v Bredero Homes Ltd [1993] EWCA Civ 7

Rowland v Divall [1923] 2 KB 500

Dies v British Mining and Finance Corp Ltd [1939] 1 KB 724

see Remedies in English law

English contract law

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