Is a contract that defines a party as "identified party" or nominee void for uncertainty?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Element v. Del Mar, 2012 BCSC 868 (CanLII):
I prefer the contextual approach adopted by the British Columbia courts in Kemp v. Lee. A contract which defines a party as “[identified party] or nominee” is not necessarily void for uncertainty where the contract and/or other evidence provides a basis for a court to interpret the “or nominee” to indicate a right to substitute one party for another.
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