Expectation damages

	Contract law
	Part of the common law series
	Contract formation
	Offer and acceptance · Mailbox rule; Mirror image rule · Invitation to treat; Firm offer · Consideration
	Defenses against formation
	Lack of capacity; Duress · Undue influence; Illusory promise · Statute of frauds; Non est factum
	Contract interpretation
	Parol evidence rule; Contract of adhesion; Integration clause; Contra proferentem
	Excuses for non-performance
	Mistake · Misrepresentation; Frustration of purpose · Impossibility; Impracticability · Illegality; Unclean hands · Unconscionability; Accord and satisfaction
	Rights of third parties
	Privity of contract; Assignment · Delegation; Novation · Third party beneficiary
	Breach of contract
	Anticipatory repudiation · Cover; Exclusion clause · Efficient breach; Fundamental breach
	Remedies
	Specific performance; Liquidated damages; Penal damages · Rescission
	Quasi-contractual obligations
	Promissory estoppel; Quantum meruit
	Related areas of law
	Conflict of laws · Commercial law
	Other common law areas
	Tort law · Property law; Wills, trusts and estates; Criminal law · Evidence
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Expectation damages are a form of damages available as a recourse to a breached contract. When a contracting party fails to fulfill their contractual duties, which causes losses to the other party, the party in breach can be liable for the losses of the other party. Losses that relate to the consequences of breach are expectation damages, because the purpose of this type of remedy is to put the plaintiff in the position he would have been in had the contract been fulfilled. This head of damage would include loss of future (net) profits.