Practical Law

Several recent decisions have highlighted the problem that the form of a contract may be greatly at variance with its substance as the parties deliberately and knowingly operated it. Features of many of these cases are “basis clauses” and the principle of contractual estoppel. The decision of Mr Tim Kerr QC, sitting as a deputy … Continue reading The Crestsign appeal: an opportunity to reconsider basis clauses and contractual estoppel →