Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham UDC (1956) AC 696
In this case contractors agreed to build 78 houses for a local authority in eight months for the price of £ 94,000. Because of labour shortages the work took 22 months and cost the contractors £ 115,000.
The contractors claimed that the contract had been frustrated and that they were entitled to extra remuneration. The claim was rejected as the events which caused the delays were within the ordinary range of commercial probability and had not brought about a fundamental change of circumstances.
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