Can a party rely on a condition which was added after the formation of a contract?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Therm-O-Comfort Co. Ltd. v. Canada, 1998 CanLII 8210 (FC):
There is a long line of authority which establishes that a party cannot rely on a condition which was added after the formation of the contract. In the English case of Dennant v. Skinner and Collom,24 Hallett J. wrote:
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