- Cited — Secretary of State for the Home Department v James Cox & Ors. 2023-05-19
“…any party's intentions. In this connection, see Prenn [1971] 1 WLR 1381, 1384-1386; Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Yngvar Hansen-Tangen (trading as HE Hansen-Tangen) [1976] 1 WLR 989 , 995-997, per Lord Wilberforce; Bank of Credit and Commerce International SA v Ali [2002] 1 AC 251 , para 8, per Lord Bingham of Cornhill; and the survey of m…”
- Cited — Mostyn House Estate Management Company Limited v Barry Youde & Ors. 2022-07-06
“…ext in reaching its view as to that objective meaning. In Prenn v Simmonds [1971] 1 WLR 1381 (1383H-1385D) and in Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Yngvar Hansen-Tangen [1976] 1 WLR 989 (997), Lord Wilberforce affirmed the potential relevance to the task of interpreting the parties’ contract of the factual background known to the parties at or…”
- Cited — Robert Nicholas Jason Scholfield & Anor. v Matthew David Smith & Anor. 2022-06-21
“…In Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Yngvar Hansen-Tangen [1976] 1 WLR 989 (“Reardon Smith”), Lord Wilberforce added at 996 that, “when one is speaking of aim, or object, or commercial purpose, one is speaking objectively of what reas…”
- Cited — Soteria Insurance Limited (formerly CIS General Insurance Limited) v IBM United Kingdom Limited 2022-04-04
“…[1976] 1 WLR 989, 995-997 per Lord Wilberforce,…”
- Cited — Gregor Fisken Ltd v Carl (Rev 1) 2021-05-28
“…tracts should be construed in the light of that background was not new. Indeed the term “factual matrix” was coined by Lord Wilberforce in The Diana Prosperity [1976] 1 WLR 989.…”
- Cited — Fishbourne Developments Ltd v Stephens 2020-12-16
“…ntext in reaching its view as to that objective meaning. In Prenn v Simmonds [1971] 1 WLR 1381 (1383H1385D) and in Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Yngvar HansenTangen [1976] 1 WLR 989 (997), Lord Wilberforce affirmed the potential relevance to the task of interpreting the parties’ contract of the factual background known to the parties at or…”
- Cited — Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd (FKA Blackstone (South Wales) Ltd) v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council 2019-03-28
“…The sense in which the exercise is objective was spelt out by Lord Wilberforce in Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Hansen-Tangen (The “Diana Prosperity”) [1976] 1 WLR 989, 996, when he said that:…”
- Cited — Monde Petroleum SA v Westernzagros Ltd 2018-01-18
“…tances in contravention of the first factor emphasised in Arnold v Britton. It has been axiomatic, since at least Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Yngvar Hansen-Tangen [1976] 1 WLR 989, 995-7 that any commercial contract must be construed against its commercial background or, as Lord Wilberforce put it, in its “factual matrix” (997C). That is…”