“…gainst surplusage which presumption is recognised to be of little assistance when construing commercial contracts: see Total Transport Corp v Arcadia Petroleum [1998] 1 Lloyds Rep 351 and Antigua Power Co Ltd v AG of Antigua and Barbuda [2013] UKPC 23. There was a sound explanation for why the Contract did not contain an express right to ret…”
“…on consequence of a determination to make sure that one has obliterated the conceptual target.” More generally, in Total Transport Corp v Arcadia Petroleum Ltd [1998] 1 Lloyds Rep 351 at 357, Staughton LJ, citing two judgments of Devlin J to similar effect, said:…”