Chandler v Webster [1904], 1 KB 493 is an English contract law case concerning frustration.

Mr Chandler hired the room with the intention of erecting a stand and selling tickets.

On 10 June Mr Chandler wrote to Mr Webster saying: I beg to confirm my purchase of the first-floor room of the Electric Lighting Board at 7, Pall Mall, to view the procession on Thursday, June 26, for the sum of £141, 15s., which amount is now due.

If the seats thus sold in the ordinary way of business do not realize the above amount by June 26, I agree to pay you the balance to make up such amount of £141, 15s.Mr Chandler paid £100 on 19 June but then the king fell ill.

The Law Reform (Frustrated Contracts) Act 1943 provided, among other things, that monies provided in advance of performance of a contract are recoverable in the event of performance being frustrated.