Contract Law

Principles of Contractual Interpretation 2nd ed

By Richard Calnan
Oxford University Press March 2017

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ISBN-13
9780198792314
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
March 2017
Format
Paperback , 224 pages
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only
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Written with the busy practitioner in mind, this concise and insightful book sets out the principles that guide the courts in interpreting contracts.

Each principle is covered in its own dedicated chapter, supported by case law which illustrates how the principle works in practice and in its wider context. In addition to interpretation of contracts, the book also considers the implication of terms, rectification, and estoppel by convention.

This new edition considers the implications of key decisions of the Supreme Court in Arnold v Britton and Marks & Spencer v BNP Paribas, and BNY Mellon v LBG Capital. Other writing, including from judges writing extra-judicially, is also analysed.

This book provides an invaluable reference for lawyers drafting, interpreting and litigating on contracts.

Table of Contents

Prologue
I The Guiding Principle
1: Principle 1: Objective Intention
II Text and Context
2: Principle 2: The Text
3: Principle 3: The Whole Text
4: Principle 4: The Context
III Understanding Words
5: Principle 5: Natural Meanings
6: Principle 6: Ambiguities
7: Principle 7: Unnatural Meanings
IV Adding Words
8: Principle 8: Implied Terms
V Changing Words
9: Principle 9: Rectification
10: Estoppel by Convention
Epilogue
Epilogue
Principles of Drafting
An Interpretation Clause

About the Author

Richard Calnan is a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, and a Visiting Professor at University College London . He has spent most of his career at Norton Rose. In the early 1980s he spent three years teaching at the University of Auckland. His specialisations are banking, the law of security and insolvency law.

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