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Northgate Enterprises Limited v Veronica Aris and Valnie Gordon

Court: 
Supreme Court
Catchwords: 

Interpretation of a Contract-Lease between initial tenants later assigned to Claimant-after death of landlord Claimant sought to exercise option to purchase-land occupied by the Claimant is larger than what is described in the lease-Construction of the term of the lease-Error in Contract-Whether business efficacy is a suitable method in interpreting contracts where an existing interpretation leads of an absurdity-Whether the Court should rectify the contract to reflect the true intentions of the parties-Specific performance-Damages

Document Type:

Year: 
2024
Suit/Claim number: 
2017 HCV 01093
Neutral Citation: 
[2024] JMSC Civ 139
Judge(s): 
D. Palmer, J