Attorney General of Belize and Others v Belize Telecom and another
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | Lord Hoffmann |
| Judgment Date | 18 March 2009 |
| Neutral Citation | [2009] UKPC 10 |
| Court | Privy Council |
| Docket Number | Appeal No 19 of 2006 |
| Date | 18 March 2009 |
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 1-5, 2021)
...SCC 28, Energy Fundamentals Group Inc. v. Veresen Inc., 2015 ONCA 514, Attorney General of Belize & Ors v. Belize Telecom Ltd & Anor, [2009] UKPC 10, [2009] 2 All E.R. 1127, First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun v. Yukon, 2017 SCC 58, Clyde River (Hamlet) v. Petroleum Geo-Services Inc., 2017 SCC 4......
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Court Of Appeal Summaries (November 1-5, 2021)
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Recent Contract Law Cases Relevant in the Financial Services Industry
...implied as a result of matters extrinsic to the written Agreements”. The view of Lord Hoffmann in Att-Gen of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd [2009] UKPC 10, at 18, in relation to implied terms in fact is that the implication of the term is not an addition to the instrument. It only spells out w......
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COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (NOVEMBER 1-5, 2021)
...SCC 28, Energy Fundamentals Group Inc. v. Veresen Inc., 2015 ONCA 514, Attorney General of Belize & Ors v. Belize Telecom Ltd & Anor, [2009] UKPC 10, [2009] 2 All E.R. 1127, First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun v. Yukon, 2017 SCC 58, Clyde River (Hamlet) v. Petroleum Geo-Services Inc., 2017 SCC 4......
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RE-EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MUTUAL PROMISES IN CONTRACT LAW.
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...of Comparative and Integrated Analysis” (2016) 28 SAcLJ 746 at 751–765 (in relation to the specifc context of remedies) and 748–751. 6 [2009] 1 WLR 1988. 7 [2017] AC 467. 8 [2018] 1 SLR 363. 9 [2009] 1 AC 61. 10 [2011] 1 SLR 150. 11 [2013] 2 SLR 363. 12 Based on the leading English High Cou......
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Table of Cases
...and Another [1980] 1 WLR 673, [1980] 1 All ER 508, [1980] JPL 178, CA 198, 199 Attorney General of Belize v Belize Telecom Ltd [2009] UKPC 10, [2009] 1 WLR 1988, [2009] 2 All ER 1127, [2009] Bus LR 1316, PC 276, 279 Attorney General of Hong Kong v Fairfax Ltd [1997] 1 WLR 149, [1996] NPC 18......
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Meaning and Construction of Certain Restrictive Covenants which Impact on the Development and Commercial Use of Land
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