Lilly did not owe Apotex an equitable duty, nor is this case akin to the «exceptional»
breach of contract cases where courts award restitution damages to a plaintiff in order to prevent a defendant from exploiting a bilateral agreement to its advantage.
Not exact matches
7 May 27, 2014)(unpublished) drew a majority and two concurring opinions in a
case where a
breach of contract jury verdict
of $ 14.625 million and postjudgment fee award
of $ 1,512,999 went POOF!
This point on «reasonable and proper cause» came up recently in the
case of Mostyn v S and P Casuals Ltd,
where the EAT held that threatening to impose a significant pay cut could not amount to «a reasonable and proper cause» and was in
breach of both express and implied terms
of the
contract.
What is also unique about this
case is that the person identified as the RateMDs poster was involved in different lawsuit on the other side
of Dr. Foda in Foda v. Capital Health Region, [2007] A.J. No. 22; 2007 ABQB 19,
where he was making a claim for
breach of contract, conspiracy, harassment, defamation, and direct interference with economic relations.
However, my textbook says there is one major distinction between the two, and it is: «in a
case of waiver, the party waiving their rights is really only waiving the right to claim damgaes for
breach of contract, or to terminate for breah
where applicable.
The purchase and sale
contract or an affidavit stating its material terms and stating that it is still effective, or both, could be recorded in the real estate records
of the county
where the property was located prior to closing, but it would be highly usual to do so absent a clear indication that a
breach was imminent (because it is very rare for this to happen since the consequences are clear and it is so often an open and shut
case) but it could come up if the seller believes that a condition under the original
contract was
breached and the buyer disagreed.
The
case in question, Ivey v Genting [2017] UKSC 67, decided on 25th October 2017, did not concern dishonesty in the contexts
where it might normally arise, e.g. the criminal law, dishonest assistance in
breach of trust or a fraud claim, but in the context
of a conceded contractual implied term in a gaming
contract that the gambler would not «cheat» at the card game
of Punto Banco.
Obtained a defense verdict on a
breach of contract claim, and summary judgment on thirteen other counts in a
case where the plaintiff sought $ 400 million.
This is illustrated in Gichuru v. Smith, 2010 BCCA 35, a
case where a plaintiff, upon having his articling student employment with a law firm terminated, sued a law corporation and its principal for
breach of fiduciary duty and
contract, seeking compensatory and punitive damages.
But the burden which lies on the defendant
of proving that the plaintiff has failed in his duty to mitigate is by no means a light one, for this is a
case where a party already in
breach of contract demands positive action from one who is often innocent
of blame.
Our most common
cases are small business
breach of contract cases:
cases where a business owner sues a client for nonpayment or a vendor for delivering goods that weren't to specification.
It seems to me strongly arguable that in the circumstances
of a
case such as this,
where the employer discovers that the employee has been in serious
breach of duty and in
breach of good faith, and then discovers that the employee is tied effectively to a rival already... then the employer has, even if he keeps the
contract alive, no obligation to provide work; that obligation to provide work being interdependent with the obligation
of the employee to act loyally.»
Considering the
case law, the Court concluded that negotiating damages can be awarded for
breach of contract where the loss suffered by the claimant is appropriately measured by reference to the economic value
of the right which has been
breached, considered as an asset.
Normally,
contracts have a Liability / Indemnification provision
where the Parties agree what kind
of liability applies in
case of contractual
breaches.
That is not so in the
case of breach of contract claims,
where it is the SGP which applies.