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Hong Kong construction interpretation

Ting Kwok Keung v Tam Dick Yuen

(2002) 5 HKCFAR 336
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtHK Court of Final Appeal
Year2002
StatusBinding authority

Summary

In contractual interpretation, surrounding circumstances are admissible as an aid, but evidence of prior negotiations remains excluded.

Key Principle

contractual interpretation; surrounding circumstances admissible but prior negotiations remain excluded

Area of Law

Contract and Commercial

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CFA endorsed the business efficacy and officious bystander tests as the applicable tests for implying terms into contracts in Hong Kong.

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