Brown and Company v. Steuart Industries Ltd. – sllr 1982 volume 2 page 440

In the case between Brown and Company (Appellant) and Steuart Industries Ltd. (Respondent), the court addressed whether obligations under an exclusive sale and distribution agreement for sewing machines gave rise to two separate causes of action or constituted a single, indivisible obligation; the appropriate measure of damages under the Sale of Goods Ordinance; and the applicability of the doctrine of res judicata following prior litigation. It was held that the agreement created two distinct and separable legal obligations, each grounding a separate cause of action. The proper measure of damages was determined to be under Section 49(2) of the Sale of Goods Ordinance rather than Section 49(3), considering the absence of an available market due to government-imposed quotas, and res judicat