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Wood v Capita Insurance Services

[2017] UKSC 24 at [11]-[13]
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2017
Statusunclear

Key Principle

the unitary, iterative method: each suggested interpretation is checked against the rest of the contract and its commercial consequences. Textualism and contextualism are tools, not competing paradigms. At [11], the three defensive answers to a commercial-absurdity attack: quality of drafting, a bargain that with hindsight did not serve one side, and a negotiated compromise.

Area of Law

Contract — Formation and Interpretation

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