Is it appropriate to consider surrounding circumstances when interpreting a contract?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Murphy v Huber Estate, 2021 BCSC 1334 (CanLII):
It is appropriate to consider surrounding circumstances in interpreting a contract, even when the ordinary meaning of the words used does not give rise to ambiguity: Dodsworth v. Madill, 2019 BCSC 898 at para. 25.
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