J & B Caldwell Ltd v Logan House Retirement Home Ltd - [1999] 2 NZLR 99

Contract — Breach — Damages for non-delivery of chattels — Whether respondents obliged to minimise losses by acquiring secondhand items — Whether allowance ought to be made for betterment — Reinstatement — Diminution in value — Whether evidentiary foundation for replacement cost approach taken by District Court Judge — Onus of proof — Summary of damages principles — Sale of Goods Act 1908, ss 52(2), (3) and 55.