[2012] NZEmpC 103 Progressive Meats Ltd v Pohio and others [pdf, 135 KB]
...agreements. Mr Cleary referred to the well-known five principles of contractual interpretation articulated by Lord Hoffmann in Investors Compensation Scheme Limited v West Bromwich Building Society 4 which were adopted in New Zealand in Boat Park Ltd v Hutchinson 5 and recently reaffirmed in Vector Gas Ltd v Bay of Plenty Energy Limited. 6 As both counsel relied on the stated principles, I set them out in full: (1) Interpretation is the ascertainment of the meaning which the...