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Investors Compensation Scheme v. West Bromwich Building Society

Investors Compensation Scheme v. West Bromwich Building Society

Case [1997] UKHL 28

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Citation 1

…d T/A Zurich New Zealand [2014] NZSC 147, [2015] NZLR 432 at [60]–[63]. See also Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 912–913. 13 Bathurst Resources Ltd v L&M Coal Holdings Ltd [2021] NZSC 85, [2021] 1 NZLR 696 at [46]. 14 At [77]–[79], [89] and [2…
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Citation 2

…48 At [89], citing Investors Compensation Scheme v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 912 per Lord Hoffmann, and Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2009] UKHL 38, [2009] 1 AC 1101 at [14] per Lord Hoffmann. See also Antaios Compania Naviera SA v Salen Rederierna AB (The Antaios)…
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Citation 3

…NZLR 444 (SC), citing the principles of contractual interpretation referred to in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28. 30 i-Health Ltd v iSoft NZ Ltd HC Auckland CIV-2006-404-007881, 8 September 2010 at [45]. 31 Dorchester Finance Ltd v Deloitte [2012] NZCA 226 at [3…
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Citation 4

…Sim Land Law in New Zealand (online ed, LexisNexis) at [16.037]. 6 See for example Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28; [1998] 1 WLR 896; Boat Park Ltd v Hutchison [1999] 2 NZLR 74 (CA); Vector Gas Ltd v Bay of Plenty Energy Ltd [2010] NZSC 5, [2010] 2 NZLR 444; and F…
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Citation 5 (Para 26)

…g circumstances may include the existing state of the law. Citing Lord Hoffmann in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28; [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 912, the plurality (Gleeson CJ, Gummow and Hayne JJ) in Maggbury Pty Ltd v Hafele Australia Pty Ltd (2001) 210 CLR 181; [2001] H…
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Citation 6

…5 At [53]-[54]. 6 Boat Park Ltd v Hutchinson [1999] 2 NZLR 74 (CA) at 81–82 and Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 912–913. 7 Manukau City Council v Lawson [2001] 1 NZLR 599 (HC) and Gailey v Gordon [2003] 2 NZLR 192 (HC). 8 At [13]. 9 At [51]. 1…
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Citation 7

…1955) 92 CLR 390; [1955] HCA 27, cited Investors Compensation Scheme v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896; [1997] UKHL 28, cited Minister for Lands (NSW) v Jeremias (1917) 23 CLR 322; [1917] HCA 41, cited COUNSEL: D R Gore QC, with J G Lyons, for the appellant R S Litster QC, with S P Fynes-Clinton,…
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Citation 8

…d v iSoft NZ Ltd [2011] NZCA 575, [2012] 1 NZLR 379 at [43]. The Court cited Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, [1998] 1 WLR 896 and Vector Gas Ltd v Bay of Plenty Energy Ltd [2010] NZSC 5, [2010] 2 NZLR 444 for the principles relating to the interpretation of contr…
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Citation 9 (Para 3)

…the parties in the situation in which they were at the time of the contract. [9] Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 912.…
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Citation 10 (Para 1)

…parties in the situation in which they were at the time of the contract.[14] [14] Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 912–913; Firm PI 1 Ltd v Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd T/A Zurich New Zealand [2014] NZSC 147, [2015] NZLR 432 at [60]–[63].…
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Citation 11

…v Hanover Finance Ltd [2008] NZCA 187, [2010] NZAR 307, (2008) 19 PRNZ 162. 4 Investors Compensation Scheme Limited v West Brunswick Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 913.…
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Citation 12

…land Property Development Ltd (2002) 8 NZCPR 616; Hosken v Wu [2013] NZHC 1506. 10 Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 912; Boat Park Ltd v Hutchinson [1999] 2 NZLR 74 at 82. 11 Bonnar , above at n 9, at [37]. 12 Lumley General Insurance (NZ) Ltd…
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Citation 13 (Para 1)

…s JA referred with approval to the following paragraphs of Lord Hoffman in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28; [1998] 1 All ER 98: (1) “Interpretation is the ascertainment of the meaning which the document would convey to a reasonable person having all the background…
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Citation 14

…Although Lord Hoffmann in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28; [1998] 1 All ER 98 at 114 referred to a ‘fundamental change’ in the approach espoused by Lord Wilberforce, the “modern” contextual approach had nineteenth century precursors, at least in relation to commer…
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Citation 15

…3 Investors Compensation Scheme v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, [1999] 1 WLR 896. 4 Vector Gas Ltd v Bay of Plenty Energy Ltd [2010] NZSC 5, [2010] 2 NZLR 444. 5 Buczowski v Attorney-General HC Auckland CIV-2010-404-2966, 15 September 2010.…
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Citation 16

…]. 40 See, for example, Bulley v Attorney-General [2012] NZHC 615 at [52] – [58]. 41 Investors Compensation Scheme v West Bromwich Building Society [1997] UKHL 28, [1999] 1…
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Citation 19

…1916] 1 AC 486, considered Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896; [1997] UKHL 28, not followed Moschi v Lep Air Services Ltd [1973] AC 331, cited O’Brien & Anor v Hillcrown Pty Ltd & Anor [2010] QSC 458, cited QBE Insurance Australia Ltd v Vasic [2010] NSWCA 166, cite…
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…CLR 165 at 179; [2004] HCA 52. [9]Per Lord Hoffman in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society ; [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 912; [1997] UKHL 28. [10] McCann v Switzerland Insurance Australia Ltd (2000) 203 CLR 579 at 58; [2000] HCA 65.…
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Citation 29

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Citation 30 (Para 199)

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