United Kingdom Leading Case unitary exerciseiterative processtextualism contextualism

Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd

[2017] UKSC 24

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtSupreme Court of the United Kingdom

Year2017

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Contractual interpretation is a unitary exercise — textualism and contextualism are tools, not rival approaches. The weight given to each depends on the nature and quality of the drafting.

Area of Law

contract

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