CPD: Understanding Contract Interpretation: Providing the Contracts Beyond Textbooks (2025), Session 2 Presentation

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Prepare for contract law disputes by gaining a better understanding of the common interpretation principles you need to know.

Your hosts Scott McEachern, Samantha Glass, LL.B., and Rebecca Patten, LL.B., LL.M., deliver the CPD: Contracts Beyond Textbooks - Session 2 (Interpretation) presentation to provide insight and to assist legal professionals in preparing to better navigate the nuances of contract law matters.

Contracts Beyond Textbooks, Session 2 (Interpretation) explains:

• The general contract interpretation principles;
• The parol evidence rule including defeating exceptions;
• The contra proferentem doctrine including statutory exceptions;
• The surrounding circumstances interpretation principles;
• The limited bounds of whole agreement clauses;
• The amending of terms by conduct of the parties;
• The limited bounds of written change only clauses;
• The implied extending of obligations despite an express contract period; and
• The business efficacy principle including the officious bystander test.

Learn what every legal practitioner needs to know.