Contract Interpretation in UK Law
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Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd and another
... ... As Lord Gifford explained, the very purpose of a formal contract is to put an end to the disputes which would inevitably arise if the ... It is, I am afraid, not unusual that an interpretation which does not strike one person as sufficiently irrational to justify a ... ...
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FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v Glas Trust Corporation Ltd
... ... correct test to apply in deciding whether the written terms of a contract may be rectified because of a common mistake. Introduction ... , if not identical, to the objective test applicable to the interpretation of contracts. As with a question of contractual interpretation, therefore, ... ...
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Rainy Sky SA and Others v Kookmin Bank
... ... claimant paid the second instalment of US$6,660,000 under the contract to which it is a party ... 3 In 2008 the Builder experienced ... in its contextual setting is the paramount principle of interpretation. But in the process of interpreting the meaning of the language of a ... ...
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Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd
... ... 1 This appeal raises a question of contractual interpretation. It concerns an indemnity clause in an agreement dated 13 April 2010 ("the ... of the particular clause but that the court must consider the contract as a whole and, depending on the nature, formality and quality of drafting ... ...
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Wickman Machine Tool Sales Ltd v L. Schuler A.G.
... ... b )(i) which were not waived they were entitled to terminate the contract ... 11 I think it right first to consider the meaning of clause 11 ... But only if that is the only possible interpretation ... 24 If I have to construe clause 7 standing by itself then I do find ... ...
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O'Kelly v Trusthouse Forte Plc
... ... employers to be casual workers and not employees engaged under a contract of employment. The separate position of casual workers is recognised by ... the true inference from the facts, the true construction or interpretation of a written agreement or of an agreement partly oral and partly written ... ...
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Heyman v Darwins Ltd
... ... 2 By a written contract dated 19th February, 1938, the Respondents, who are manufacturers of steel ... the judge to let the action proceed, but will not alter the interpretation of the clause itself ... 16 The next case calling ... ...
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Transfield Shipping Inc. v Mercator Shipping Inc. (The Achilleas)
... ... , ie according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself". It fell within that rule because it was damage "of a kind which ... of a party's liability for damages is founded upon the interpretation of the particular contract; not upon the interpretation of any particular ... ...
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Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society
... ... to the Claim whether such claims shall arise in debt, breach of contract, tort, breach of trust or in any other manner whatsoever (and including ... Lord Diplock said, at p. 407: "I turn to the interpretation of the relevant rules, bearing in mind that their purpose is to inform the ... ...
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Hong Kong Fir Shipping Company Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd
... ... learned judge has found were due to the shipowners' breaches of contract, Osaka was not reached until the 25th May, 1957, and because of very ... That matter is to be determined as a question of the proner interpretation of the contract. Baron Bramvell in Tarrabochia v. Hickie has warned ... ...
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