Where one party has suffered loss resulting from the other party's breach of contract, the injured party should take 'reasonable steps' (British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co v Underground Electric Rail Co [1912] AC 673) to minimise the effect of the breach. Technically, there is no obligation to mitigate, but losses attributable to a failure to do so are not recoverable. The innocent party cannot, therefore, claim to be compensated by the party in default for loss which is really due, not to the breach, but its own failure to behave reasonably after the breach.