Is the Settlement Agreement properly characterized as a Pierringer agreement?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Murphy Canada Exploration Company v. Novagas Canada Ltd, 2009 ABQB 455 (CanLII):
I am thus satisfied and hold that the Settlement Agreement here is properly characterized as a Pierringer agreement, and that cases such as Amoco v. Propak directly apply to it.
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