{"id":3354,"date":"2022-01-25T08:44:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2024-09-09T09:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T01:11:36","slug":"contract-termination-wrongful-termination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/","title":{"rendered":"CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What if you have invested into a project with another party to run an operation. However, because they had issued a termination notice, you were then unable to carry out your contractual obligations under the agreement and no reason was given by them. Can I sue them for wrongfully terminated contract?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Yes, you can bring a legal action against that party for wrongfully terminated contract as he or she does not provide any reason for the termination. Wrongful termination is a repudiation of the contract and hence a serious breach of the contract in and of itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong><strong>. What is the right to terminate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Termination can be divided into two categories: 1) termination for cause, often known as termination for default; and 2) termination for convenience. There is no general contract concept that allows termination for convenience, thus termination for convenience can only come from the conditions of a contract that allow it. Only a serious breach of the contract by the other party can result in a termination for cause.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Q. What qualifies as a material breach to the contract<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;A review of contract case law may be used to determine what constitutes a material breach or default, or the contract itself may specify what constitutes a material breach or default. A breach of contract occurs when a party fails to meet one or more of the contract&#8217;s terms. However, only a material breach entitles the non-breaching party to treat the material breach as a violation of the entire contract, and a material breach entitles the non-breaching party to treat the material breach as a breach of the entire contract.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following facts are considered by courts in determining whether a breach was material:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Was there a failure of an essential contract element that led the non-breaching party to sign the contract?<\/li>\n<li>Did the breach affect the content of the contract, defeating the purpose for which the non-breaching party signed it?<\/li>\n<li>Did the breach affect a crucial subject that was central to the contract&#8217;s essence?<\/li>\n<li>Did the non-breaching party get significantly less or something different than what he had bargained for?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Q. What damages can I claim for a wrongfully terminated contract?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Direct damages, consequential damages, and all other damages necessary to put the non-breaching party in the same position it would have been in if the contract had been fully performed by the parties are available to the non-breaching party following its termination of the contract or in response to a wrongful termination by the other party. Besides that, the courts will also provide remedies such as specific performance and rescission to put the non-breaching party back in its original position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can another party who enters a contract with you terminate the contract without any valid reason? Is that a breach of contract?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1568],"tags":[1589,2014,2664],"class_list":["post-3354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contract-law","tag-sale-goods-terms-sample","tag-termination","tag-wrongful-termination"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION | Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can another party who enters a contract with you terminate the contract without any valid reason? Is that a breach of contract?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ms_MY\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION | Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Can another party who enters a contract with you terminate the contract without any valid reason? Is that a breach of contract?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yhalaw\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-25T00:44:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-09T01:11:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wrongful.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Aswini Chan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Aswini Chan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minit\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Aswini Chan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a0df12c53267718817acc00d802e3b8d\"},\"headline\":\"CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-25T00:44:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-09T01:11:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":452,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/wrongful.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Contract\",\"termination\",\"wrongful termination\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Contract Law\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ms-MY\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/\",\"name\":\"CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION | Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/wrongful.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-25T00:44:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-09T01:11:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"Can another party who enters a contract with you terminate the contract without any valid reason? Is that a breach of contract?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ms-MY\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ms-MY\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/wrongful.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/wrongful.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/\",\"name\":\"Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm\",\"description\":\"YHA Law Firm is a leading law firm in Malaysia.Specialises in handling Civil,Maritime,Shipping Matters,Company Law,Family Law,Real Estate and many more\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ms-MY\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Yew Huoi, How & Associates Law Firm | yhalaw.com.my\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ms-MY\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/YHA-Law-Logo-White-BG-New@2x-e1668772571446.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/YHA-Law-Logo-White-BG-New@2x-e1668772571446.png\",\"width\":2080,\"height\":369,\"caption\":\"Yew Huoi, How & Associates Law Firm | yhalaw.com.my\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/yhalaw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yhalaw.com.my\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a0df12c53267718817acc00d802e3b8d\",\"name\":\"Aswini Chan\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION | Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm","description":"Can another party who enters a contract with you terminate the contract without any valid reason? Is that a breach of contract?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/","og_locale":"ms_MY","og_type":"article","og_title":"CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION | Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm","og_description":"Can another party who enters a contract with you terminate the contract without any valid reason? Is that a breach of contract?","og_url":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/","og_site_name":"Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yhalaw","article_published_time":"2022-01-25T00:44:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-09T01:11:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wrongful.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Aswini Chan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Aswini Chan","Est. reading time":"2 minit"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/"},"author":{"name":"Aswini Chan","@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/#\/schema\/person\/a0df12c53267718817acc00d802e3b8d"},"headline":"CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION","datePublished":"2022-01-25T00:44:13+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-09T01:11:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/"},"wordCount":452,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wrongful.jpg","keywords":["Contract","termination","wrongful termination"],"articleSection":["Contract Law"],"inLanguage":"ms-MY"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/","url":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/","name":"CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION | Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wrongful.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-25T00:44:13+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-09T01:11:36+00:00","description":"Can another party who enters a contract with you terminate the contract without any valid reason? Is that a breach of contract?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ms-MY","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ms-MY","@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wrongful.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wrongful.jpg","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/contract-termination-wrongful-termination\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CONTRACT \u2013 TERMINATION \u2013 WRONGFUL TERMINATION"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/#website","url":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/","name":"Yew Huoi, How &amp; Associates | Leading Malaysia Law Firm","description":"YHA Law Firm is a leading law firm in Malaysia.Specialises in handling Civil,Maritime,Shipping Matters,Company Law,Family Law,Real Estate and many more","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ms-MY"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/#organization","name":"Yew Huoi, How & Associates Law Firm | yhalaw.com.my","url":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ms-MY","@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/YHA-Law-Logo-White-BG-New@2x-e1668772571446.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/YHA-Law-Logo-White-BG-New@2x-e1668772571446.png","width":2080,"height":369,"caption":"Yew Huoi, How & Associates Law Firm | yhalaw.com.my"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yhalaw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/#\/schema\/person\/a0df12c53267718817acc00d802e3b8d","name":"Aswini Chan"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3354"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3356,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354\/revisions\/3356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yhalaw.com.my\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}