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House of Lords upholds the exclusionary rule for construction of contracts

Practical Law UK Legal Update 0-386-3509 (Approx. 9 pages)

House of Lords upholds the exclusionary rule for construction of contracts

by PLC Dispute Resolution
An update on Chartbrook Limited v Persimmon Homes Limited and others [2009] UKHL 38, in which the House of Lords considered the extent to which pre-contractual negotiations can be taken into account when construing a contract. Their Lordships also considered the law on rectification.

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Published on 08-Jul-2009
Resource Type Legal update: archive
Jurisdictions
  • England
  • United Kingdom
  • Wales
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