Where a landlord terminates a lease for the tenant's repudiation, the landlord's remedy for future loss is damages for loss of bargain, not accrued rent for the unexpired term. A subsequent sale of the freehold before trial is a later event that mitigates the landlord's prospective loss, limiting damages to the period before completion of the sale. Service of a statement of claim alleging election to terminate constitutes an unequivocal acceptance of repudiation at the latest.
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