What is the test for using the term "unilateral insistence" in the context of a claim under the BCSCSC 8 rule?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Levy v British Columbia (Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General), 2022 BCSC 356 (CanLII):
The rule requires that an ambiguous term must be construed against the party that imposed it with “unilateral insistence”: Harrington v. Dow Corning Corporation, 2011 BCSC 8 at para. 22.
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