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Releases must be read as a ‘whole’ and consistent with ‘surrounding circumstances’: SCC

Friday, July 23, 2021 @ 6:19 PM | By Terry Davidson

The language in release agreements needs to be considered as a whole and alongside the surrounding circumstances known to litigants at the time of signing, ruled the Supreme Court in finding...