Francis Tiernan SC Paper given at BDPS Meeting.

Francis spoke on the following four aspects of contractual interpretation:

[1] Evidence of surrounding circumstances as an aid to construing a contract. Is such evidence admissible only where the language is ambiguous?

[2] What evidence is admissible by way of surrounding circumstances?

[3] Prior negotations.

[4] Subsequent conduct as an aid in the interpretation of a contract.

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