Courts must read effect into ambiguous contracts, says Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com

Posted March 24th, 2009 in contracts, interpretation, news by sally

“When a contract is poorly drafted and its effect unclear courts should interpret it in order to give it force rather than to render it void, the Court of Appeal has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 24th March 2009

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Airtime reseller had no duty to sue O2, rules High Court – OUT-LAW.com

Posted March 6th, 2009 in contracts, fiduciary duty, interpretation, news, telecommunications by sally

“A mobile phone airtime reseller did not have a legal duty to take network O2 to court on behalf of a company which had sold it its subscriber base, the High Court has said. The Court said the claim was based on a mistaken interpretation of a contract.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 4th March 2009

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Satyam Computer Services Ltd v Upaid Systems Ltd – Times Law Reports

Posted May 27th, 2008 in agreements, intellectual property, interpretation, law reports by sally

Satyam Computer Services Ltd v Upaid Systems Ltd

Court of Appeal

“It would only be through the use of the clearest possible specific language that parties to a settlement would be taken to have excluded fraud-based claims.”

The Times, 27th May 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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