Interpreting a Contract and the Principles of Law

Interpreting a Contract and the Principles of Law

"It is of course true that the fact that a contract may appear to be unduly favourable to one of the parties is not a sufficient reason for supposing that it does not mean what it says. It is not unusual that an interpretation which does not strike one person as sufficiently irrational to justify a conclusion that there has been a linguistic mistake will seem commercially absurd to another."

Chartbrook Ltd v. Persimmon Homes Ltd [2009] GCtR 6575 (UKHL)