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WN Hillas & Co Ltd v Arcos Ltd
(1932) 147 LT 503; [1932] UKHL 2
Key Principle
A commercial agreement is not void for uncertainty or incompleteness where its terms, read against the background of the parties' prior dealings and the customs of the relevant trade, can be given a sufficiently certain meaning so as to preserve and give effect to the bargain.
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