“…“In my judgment, rectification is not confined to legally binding contracts. In Marley v Rawlings [2014] UKSC 2 at [28], Lord Neuberger found no convincing reason why the courts could not rectify a will ‘in the same way as any other document [emphasis added [by the Judge…”
“…y the intention of the party or parties to the document by interpreting the words used in their documentary, factual and commercial context”: Marley v Rawlings [2014] UKSC 2 per Lord Neuberger at [20]. As to the relative prominence to be given to ‘the words’ and ‘the context’ in the process of interpretation, we, like the Judge, we…”
“…ts 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 their context, to mean. However, where …”