Contract: Nohow or contrariwise

Stewarts Law LLP | The Commercial Litigation Journal | March/April 2017 #72
Paul Brehony and William Gow consider the pendulum of case law in contractual interpretation ‘Parties should draft express provisions to clarify intention and not rely on pre-contractual representations or negotiations.’ In Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997], Leggatt LJ cited Alice Through the Looking Glass when rejecting the interpretation adopted by …

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Case Round-Up 2016: Learning curve

Osborne Clarke | Property Law Journal | February 2017 #348
Ed Socha and Matthew Prendergast set out valuable lessons from key cases in 2016 ‘The purpose of a qualified covenant is to protect the landlord from having their premises undesirably occupied. A landlord is not entitled to refuse consent on grounds unrelated to the landlord and tenant relationship.’ With one eye on the future, the …

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