What is the legal test for interpretation of a contract?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Uma/B&V Ltd. v. Saskpower International Inc., 2007 SKCA 40 (CanLII):
The process of contractual interpretation entails ascribing meaning to the terms employed by the parties in formulating their agreement. The object of the process is to ascertain the true intention of the parties along the lines of the general principle aptly summarized by Lord Bingham in the recent case of BCCI v. Ali, [2002] 1 A.C. 251 [H.L.] p. 259:
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