“…Quesnel Forks Gold Mining Co Ltd v Ward [1920] AC 222 was a similar case. A mining lease provided that if the lessee should cease to work the mine for two years “then this demise shall become absolutely forfeited …”
“…he party in breach cannot take advantage of their own wrongdoing: Davenport v The Queen [2877] 3 App Cas 115, 129 (PC); Quesnel Forks Gold Mining Co Ltd v Ward [1920] AC 222, 226-7 (PC); Python (Monty) Pictures Ltd v Paragon Entertainment Corp [1998] EMLR 640, 683. As to what Mr Mishal Al-Sanea claims he was told or understood befo…”
“…lauses rendering a contract void due to breach of contract by one party as “void, at the option of the innocent party”: Quesnel Forks Gold Mining Co Ltd v Ward [1920] AC 222 (“Quesnel”) at 226; Davenport v The Queen [1877] 3 App Cas 115 (PC) (“Davenport”) at 128-9; Python Pictures v Paragon Entertainment [1998] EMLR 640 at 683; Law…”