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Judgment date
Case number
S227/2011
Before
Gummow, Heydon, Bell JJ
Catchwords
Precedents – High Court - Statements of principle binding upon intermediate appellate courts and trial courts until reconsidered by High Court.
Contract law – Contractual construction - Whether essential to identify ambiguity in language of contract before court may have regard to surrounding circumstances and object of transaction.
Words and phrases – "ambiguity", "binding", "High Court", "precedents".