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

dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Adele
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-03T03:12:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-01T22:08:28Z
dc.date.available2012-07-03T03:12:12Z
dc.date.available2022-11-01T22:08:28Z
dc.date.copyright2011
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe 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
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dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/28047
dc.languageen_NZ
dc.language.isoen_NZ
dc.publisherTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
dc.rights.holderAll rights, except those explicitly waived, are held by the Authoren_NZ
dc.rights.licenseAuthor Retains Copyrighten_NZ
dc.rights.urihttps://www.wgtn.ac.nz/library/about-us/policies-and-strategies/copyright-for-the-researcharchive
dc.subjectContractsen_NZ
dc.titleMulti-Link Leisure Development Ltd v North Lanarkshire Council: Commercial Interpretation or Relief from a Bad Bargainen_NZ
dc.typeTexten_NZ
thesis.degree.disciplineLawen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
thesis.degree.levelBachelorsen_NZ
thesis.degree.nameBachelor of Laws with Honoursen_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unitSchool of Lawen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.marsden390199 Law not elsewhere classifieden_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuwBachelors Research Paper or Projecten_NZ

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