Nobody signs a contract hoping it will go wrong, but life is messy and promises get broken. When one party fails to do what they agreed, the law steps in with a set of remedies designed to put the wronged person back where they ought to be — as if the contract had been performed. This chapter sorts out what counts as a breach, why some breaches let you tear up the contract while others only give you money, and the full toolkit a court can use to fix the damage.