What is the contractual intent of parties to a written agreement?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Gill v. Sull, 2015 BCSC 20 (CanLII):
The contractual intent of parties to a written agreement is objectively determined by construing the plain and ordinary meaning of the words of the agreement in the context of the agreement as a whole and the surrounding circumstances (or factual matrix) that existed at the time the agreement was made: Athwal v. Black Top Cabs Ltd., 2012 BCCA 107 at para. 42.
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