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Guarantees: Satisfaction guaranteed?
Rod Cowper examines recent approaches to the interpretation of guarantees ‘The only practical guidance that can be offered is that those having the benefit of a guarantee of a contract which is to be amended substantively ought to ensure that the guarantor is made aware of and consents expressly to the variations.’ Although judicial piercing …
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- CIMC Raffles Offshore (Singapore) Ltd & anor v Schahin Holding SA [2013] EWCA Civ 644
- Harvey v Dunbar Assets plc [2013] EWCA Civ 952
- Holme v Brunskill (1878) 3 QBD 495
- Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28
- Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] UKHL 19
- National Merchant Buying Society Ltd v Bellamy & anor [2013] EWCA Civ 452
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