- Cited — CHRISTOPHER MOONEY v KAREN VICTORIA WHITELAND 2023-02-01
“…the notice with knowledge of the background circumstances. In such a case, of which Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] UKHL 19, [1997] AC 749 is the principal example, the notice will be interpreted so as to give effect to the way in which it would be understood by the reasonable recipient. In that c…”
- Considered — O G Thomas Amaethyddiaeth CYF & Anor. v Turner & Ors. 2022-11-03
“…In Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749 the House of Lords considered the validity of a notice given under a contractual break clause contained in clause 7 (13) of a lease. Such a clause is in the na…”
- Cited — Soteria Insurance Limited (formerly CIS General Insurance Limited) v IBM United Kingdom Limited 2022-04-04
“…gh’s email of 27 March, reference should be made to the decision of the House of Lords in Mannai Investment Co. Limited v Eagle Star life Assurance Co. Limited [1997] AC 749. That case remains the leading authority on the proper approach to the construction of contractual notices. Their Lordships concluded that the construction of …”
- Cited — Northwood (Solihull) Ltd v Fearn 2022-01-26
“…(i) A statutory notice is to be interpreted in accordance with Mannai v Eagle[1997] AC 749, that is to say, as it would be understood by a reasonable recipient reading it in context.…”
- Considered — Dodika Ltd & Ors v United Luck Group Holdings Ltd 2021-05-07
“…ntractual notice can be affected by the knowledge of the recipient (see the very well-known case of Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749 (“Mannai”)), the same was not the case when considering the question of compliance of a notice with the contractual requirements. He pointed out that Lord Stey…”
- Cited — Morris Homes Ltd & Anor v Cheshire West And Chester Council 2020-11-13
“… This is a fundamental principle of contract law and was made clear, for example, by Lord Steyn in Mannai Investments Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749, at 768.…”
- Cited — FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v Glas Trust Corporation Ltd (Rev 1) 2019-07-31
“… wills, contractual notices and patents as it does to the interpretation of contracts: see e.g. Mannai Ltd Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749; and Marley v Rawlings [2014] UKSC 2; [2015] AC 129, paras 20-23. The test in each case is what a reasonable person would have understood the words used, in th…”
- Cited — Stobart Group Ltd & Anor v Stobart & Anor (Rev 1) 2019-07-31
“…The starting point for the construction of unilateral notices is the speech of Lord Steyn in Mannai Investment Co Ltd v. Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749 (a case concerning a tenant’s notice exercising a break clause in a lease) at 767G, in which he made clear a cardinal principle of construction:…”
- Doubted — Granada UK Rental & Retail Ltd & Ors v The Pensions Regulator 2019-06-20
“…In Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749, it was held that notices to exercise contractual rights need to be “sufficiently clear and unambiguous to leave a reasonable recipient in no reasonable doubt …”
- Applied — S&T (UK) Ltd v Grove Developments Ltd 2018-11-07
“…The judge rejected that approach. Relying upon the House of Lords’ decision in Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749, he said that the construction of such notices must be approached objectively. He noted a number of first instance TCC decisions which had applied that princip…”
- Cited — Malone v Birmingham Community NHS Trust 2018-06-19
“…oper approach to construction, including ICS Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896; Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749; Chartbrook Ltd v Persimmon Homes Ltd [2009] UKHL 38, [2009] AC 1101 and Wood v Capita Insurance Services [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173.…”
- Cited — Teoco UK Ltd v) Aircom Jersey 4 Ltd & Anor 2018-01-18
“…nequivocally indicated a specific warranty). Having regard to the decision of the House of Lords in Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] AC 749, it is also possible to imagine circumstances in which reference to the wrong warranty would not have invalidated a notice (if a reasonable recipient would not…”