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The general principles applicable in contractual dispute cases pertaining to formation, interpretation and remedies for breach are relatively well established, see:

1. •

   Forming enforceable contracts—overview

2. •

   Contract interpretation—overview

3. •

   Terminating contracts—how and when a contract ends—overview

4. •

   Contractual breach damages and remedies—overview

5. •

   Transferring contracts and rights of third parties—overview

And, while it is critical that each case is analysed on its own merits and its own unique set of factual and legal circumstances, it is of use to understand the operation of the key legal principles in their factual context. This Practice Note therefore includes some of the more illustrative decisions in the field of contractual disputes. The decisions listed below are those dating from 1 January 2024 onwards (earlier key decisions are included elsewhere within the guidance in the above subtopics, including in Practice Note: Contract disputes—key and illustrative decisions (2020–2023)). We do not include every decision but only those from which interesting points of illustration arise. The decisions listed below include full links to the judgment (and, where available, our News