Anglia Television Ltd. v. Reed
Court of Appeal, Civil Division
(1972) 1 Q.B. 60
Relevant factsFree
Anglia (plaintiff) incurred expenses hiring a director, designer, and stage manager and arranging a filming location before finalizing its contract with Reed (defendant) to star in the film; Reed repudiated shortly before filming, no substitute actor could be found, and Anglia, unable to prove lost profits, sought recovery of its wasted expenditures instead, including those incurred before the contract was signed.
IssueFree
Whether a nonbreaching party can recover all of its lost expenditures in lieu of lost profits when the contract is breached.