United Kingdom noticesbreak clausesnotices

Mannai v Eagle

Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHouse of Lords

Year1997

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A unilateral contractual notice (such as a break notice) is to be construed objectively as it would be understood by a reasonable recipient with knowledge of the relevant context, so that a notice containing an error is nonetheless valid if a reasonable recipient would be left in no reasonable doubt as to how and when it was intended to operate.

Area of Law

General

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