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Communtity Law Manual | Consumer protection | Other contract breaches
Through deciding cases involving contractual disputes, the courts have developed a set of rules saying what happens when a contract is broken. If a seller of goods or a supplier of services has not done what they said they would do, in your contract with them (which may be oral or written), you may be able to sue them in the courts for breach of contract and obtain compensation.
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