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Multi-Link Leisure Development Ltd v North Lanarkshire Council: Commercial Interpretation or Relief from a Bad Bargain

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dc.contributor.author Taylor, Adele
dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-03T03:12:12Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-01T22:08:28Z
dc.date.available 2012-07-03T03:12:12Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-01T22:08:28Z
dc.date.copyright 2011
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.uri https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/28047
dc.description.abstract The interpretation and construction of contracts is the “staple diet” of the courts and commercial lawyers and “the very lifeblood of commercial law”. Commercial agreements, Sir Christopher Staughton points out, are “virtually the only contracts which in these days anyone can afford to litigate about”. However, the frequency with which these cases come before the courts does not mean they are run of the mill. They are often of enormous significance to the parties – that is why they have pursued litigation, in many cases to the highest appellate courts. The principles that guide judicial resolution of these commercial disputes therefore assume great practical significance. A key feature of the modern approach to these cases is a shift towards the “commercial interpretation” of contracts. While the need to take an approach to interpretation that is in touch with business common sense is undeniable, the benefits and dangers of the role it plays have not been considered in any great depth. The recent decision of the United Kingdom Supreme Court in Multi-Link Leisure Developments Ltd v North Lanarkshire Council, a case of exactly the kind described above, provides a convenient landscape within which to consider the proper scope of this commercial approach. en_NZ
dc.format pdf en_NZ
dc.language en_NZ
dc.language.iso en_NZ
dc.publisher Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
dc.subject Contracts en_NZ
dc.title Multi-Link Leisure Development Ltd v North Lanarkshire Council: Commercial Interpretation or Relief from a Bad Bargain en_NZ
dc.type Text en_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unit School of Law en_NZ
vuwschema.subject.marsden 390199 Law not elsewhere classified en_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuw Bachelors Research Paper or Project en_NZ
thesis.degree.discipline Law en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
thesis.degree.name Bachelor of Laws with Honours en_NZ


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