How have the courts reviewed errors of law in the interpretation of contracts?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Wittenberg v. Merks Poultry Farms Ltd., 2009 NSCA 70 (CanLII):
Errors of law are reviewed on a correctness standard. Contractual interpretation is a matter of law and therefore attracts the correctness standard. Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33; [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235. Analysis The Directors of Synergy
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