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Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd

(2015) 256 CLR 104
JurisdictionAustralia
CourtHigh Court of Australia
Year2015
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

The construction of a commercial contract is an objective exercise: the rights and liabilities of the parties are determined by what a reasonable businessperson would have understood the terms to mean, having regard to the text, the surrounding circumstances known to the parties, and the commercial purpose or objects of the contract.

Area of Law

contract

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