ICS Flashcards
when was investors compensation scheme v west bromwich
1997
what did ics set out
New testament of contract interpretation, Set out a bunch of principles
Principle One of ICS
- INTERPRETATION IS AN OBJECTIVE PROCESS, inherently contextual, adopt the reasonable person perspective
Principle Two of ICS
background include everything which would have effected the way in which the language of the document would have been understood by a reasonable person
BACKGROUND IS ADMISSIBLE
Principle Three of ICS
inadmissibility of prior negotiations for practical policy reasons
Principle Four of ICS
WHATS THE meaning of the document, not just the words in context of the background
Principle Five of ICS
to use plain meaning and commercial sense
what was hinted at through ICS
that the judges need the right case in order to revise or get ride of rules surrounding PN, left things hanging
how did the judges discuss SubC in ICS
it wasn’t discussed at all