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Contract - Subjects Table of Contents (H-R)



ILLEGALITY AND SEVERANCE
Contract Cases - Illegality and Severance (+)



INTERNATIONAL SALES CONVENTION ACT
Contract Cases - International Sales Convention Act (ISCA)
International Sales Conventions Act (all)



INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS

Like most legal topics, 'contracts' has 'interpretation' sub-topic. These are essentially preliminary legal presumptions that apply in certain specific contractual situations. As a matter of interest, the similar presumptions apply in the appeal context where 'standards of review' perform the same presumptive function, as presumptions of deference to the trial court's original fact-findings [which see above: /appeal/SOR].

General
Contract Cases - Interpretation - General (pre-Sattva)
Contract Cases - Interpretation - General (post-Sattva)
Contract Cases - Interpretation - General (post-2020) (+)

Supreme Court of Canada
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Sattva Capital (SCC, 2014)
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Earthco (SCC, 2024)

Principles
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Written Contracts
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Common Sense
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Surrounding Circumstances
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Statutory Interpretation
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Contextual
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Ambiguity
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Contra Proferentum
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Objective Factors Only
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Commercial Principles
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Read Wholistically
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Officious Bystander
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Presumption of Consistent Expression

Specific Factors
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Pre-Contract Negotiation
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Inconsistent Terms
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Priority of Terms Reconciliation
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Post-Execution Conduct

Specific Situations
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Multiple Related Contracts
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Oral Contracts
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Corporate Documents

Evidence
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Parole Evidence (Extrinsic Evidence)

Remedies
Contract Cases - Interpretation - Implied Terms (+)



IRREVOCABLE DIRECTION CLAUSE
Contract Cases - Irrevocable Direction



JOINT VENTURE
Contract Cases - Joint Venture



LIABILITY ALLOCATION
Contract Cases - Liability Allocation (+)



LOANS
See the Money Lending topic.



MEANING OF SPECIFIC CONTRACT TERMS
Contract Cases - Specific Term - "Final and Binding"
Contract Cases - Specific Term - "Warranty"
Contract Cases - Specific Term - "Condition"
Contract Cases - Specific Term - "Profit"
Contract Cases - Specific Term - "Sufficiently Given"



MISTAKE AND RECTIFICATION
Contract Cases - Mistake and Rectification (+) [see also: Equity - Rectification]



NON-ARM'S LENGTH
Contract Cases - Non-Arm's Length



NOVATION
Contract Cases - Novation



OFFERS
Contract Cases - Offers



OPTION CLAUSE
Contract Cases - Options



PENALTY CLAUSE
Contract Cases - Penalty Clauses



PERPETUITIES
Contract Cases - Perpetuities



PRIVITY
Contract Cases - Privity



PUBLIC POLICY
Contract Cases - Public Policy



RELIEF FROM FORFEITURE
Relief from Forfeiture [cross-linked from 'Relief from Forfeiture']



REMEDIES
Contract Cases - Disgorgement
Contract Cases - Specific Performance
Contract Cases - Damages
Most damage cases for contract are located at the general Damages sidebar topics.



REPUDIATION, ANTICIPATORY
Contract Cases - Repudiation, Anticipatory (+)



RESCISSION
Contract Cases - Rescission



RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Contract Cases - Restraint of Trade (+)



RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL CLAUSE
Contract Cases - Right of First Refusal


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Last modified: 20-06-26
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