The Court’s Approach to Clumsy & Careless Drafting - What Property Professionals Need to Know

Introduction

Clarity in drafting legal documents is essential, but what happens when it goes wrong?

Faced with ambiguous, clumsy, or downright careless drafting, what can a court or tribunal do, what won’t it do and what should you be advising your client?

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The role of commercial common-sense and why it still matters: Mackenzie v Cheung; Blacklion v Amira; Schofield v Smith
• Adding in missing words - is there really no ‘limit to the amount of red ink or verbal rearrangement or correction which the court is allowed’?
• Bad bargains & implied terms: Picturehouse Cinemas; Blacks; Yoo v iLiv;
• Rectification: what is it, when can it be obtained + evidence: Ralph v Ralph; Persimmon v Hillier

This pre-recorded webinar will be streamed at 12:30pm on Wednesday 7th December 2022 and will remain available to view by delegates who have registered by then for 90 days.