Golden Strait Corp v Nippon Yusen Kubishka Kaisha information

The Golden Victory
The Iraq War in 2003 cancelled the contract between the parties.
Court	House of Lords
Decided	28 March 2007
Citation(s)	[2007] UKHL 12 [2007] 2 AC 353
Case history
Prior action(s)	Golden Strait Corporation v Kaisha [2005] EWCA Civ 1190 (18 October 2005)), affirming Golden Strait Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha "The Golden Victory" [2005] EWHC 161 (Comm) (15 February 2005)
Court membership
Judges sitting	Lord Bingham of Cornhill Lord Scott of Foscote Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe Lord Carswell Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
Case opinions
Damages should represent the value of the contractual benefits of which the claimant had been deprived by the breach of contract.
Decision by	Lord Scott
Concurrence	Lords Carswell and Brown
Dissent	Lords Bingham and Walker
Keywords
damages; breach of contract

Golden Strait Corporation v Nippon Yusen Kubishika Kaisha [2007] UKHL 12, also known as The Golden Victory, is an English contract law case, concerning the measure of damages for breach of contract.