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Construction Of Contracts: Unfavourable bargains
A recent case has demonstrated that the courts will not construe a contract so as to re-write an unfavourable bargain, as Nikolas Ireland finds out It is clear that, while the court is able to look elsewhere for assistance in the event of ambiguity in a document, and can correct a document where the parties …
Cases Referenced
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- Arnold v Britton & ors [2012] EWHC 3451 (Ch)
- Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd & ors [2009] UKHL 38
- City Alliance Ltd v Oxford Forecasting Services Ltd [2001] 1 AER (Comm) 233
- Dobbs v Lingford [1953] 1 QB 48
- Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28
- Kingerlee Holdings Ltd v Dunelm (Soft Furnishings) Ltd [2013] EWHC 47 (Ch)
- Multiservice Bookbinding Ltd v Marden [1979] Ch 84
- Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2009] EWHC 2624 (Comm); [2010] EWCA Civ 582; [2011] UKSC 50
- Ridgewood Properties Group Ltd & ors v Valero Energy Ltd [2013] EWHC 98 (Ch)
- Towne v Eisner (1918) 245 US 418