- Cited — Secretary of State for the Home Department v James Cox & Ors. 2023-05-19
“…s. As to that, Lewis LJ identifies the key authorities at paras. 78-80 above, but perhaps reference should be made also to Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1175, which is the culmination of the recent series of cases on this topic in the Supreme Court.…”
- Cited — Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment Inc v British Telecommunications PLC 2023-04-26
“…ny Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50; [2011] 1 WLR 2900, Arnold v Britton and others [2015] UKSC 36; [2015] AC 1619 and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173.…”
- Cited — Yee Shi Yin v 174 Law Solicitors Limited 2023-01-13
“…f “the objective meaning of the language which the parties have chosen to express their agreement” (to quote Lord Hodge in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173, at paragraph 10) or, in the words of Lord Hoffmann in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 9…”
- Explained — Tariq Mahmood Malik v Mahboob Hussain Jr & Ors 2023-01-11
“…ause 5.4, carrying out the unitary exercise and adopting the iterative approach identified and explained in Wood v Capita Insurance Service Ltd [2017] AC 1181; [2017] UKSC 24 by Lord Hodge at [12], it being unimportant whether one starts with the factual background and the implications of rival constructions or a close examination o…”
- Explained — MARANELLO ROSSO LIMITED v LOHOMIJ BV 2022-12-21
“…ding those now alleged by MRL. In so doing, he carried out the unitary exercise identified and explained in Wood v Capita Insurance Service Ltd [2017] AC 1181; [2017] UKSC 24 by Lord Hodge at [12], it being unimportant whether the Judge started “with the factual background and the implications of rival constructions or a close exami…”
- Cited — MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd. 2022-10-27
“…f “the objective meaning of the language which the parties have chosen to express their agreement” (to quote Lord Hodge in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173, at paragraph 10) or, in the words of Lord Hoffmann in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 9…”
- Cited — Abdulrahman Bin Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al-Subaihi & Anor. v Mishal Maan Al-Sanea 2022-10-20
“…okmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50; [2011] 1 WLR 2900 (“Rainy Sky”); Arnold v Britton and others [2015] UKSC 36; [2015] AC 1619 and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173 (“Wood v Capita”).…”
- Followed — Allan John Doyle v M&D Foundation & Building Services Limited 2022-07-08
“…en the parties that the principles applicable to interpretation of contractual provisions were summarised by Lord Hodge in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173 as follows:…”
- Approved — Mostyn House Estate Management Company Limited v Barry Youde & Ors. 2022-07-06
“…ither are they in dispute before us. Those central principles can be found in Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36, [2015] AC 1619, Wood v Capita Insurance Services [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173 and Rainy Sky v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 90, [2011] 1 WLR 2900 to the extent that it is approved in those cases. The principles are now very we…”
- Cited — Vneshprombank LLC v Georgy Ivanovich Bedzhamov 2022-06-24
“…ties on contractual interpretation: Rainy Sky v. Kookmin Bank [2011] 1 WLR 2900, Arnold v. Britton [2015] AC 1619 and Wood v. Capita Insurance Services Limited [2017] UKSC 24.…”
- Cited — Robert Nicholas Jason Scholfield & Anor. v Matthew David Smith & Anor. 2022-06-21
“…rook”), Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50, [2011] 1 WLR 2900, Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36, [2015] AC 1619 and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173 (“Wood”). It can be seen from the authorities that the process involves assessment of “the objective meaning of the language which the parties …”
- Cited — AIG Europe SA (formerly AIG Europe Ltd) & Ors. v John Wood Group Plc & Anor. 2022-06-10
“…nnecessary to reiterate the principles for construing contracts, set out in a series of Supreme Court cases culminating in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173. They are well known. I propose to begin with the meaning of the PPJC. I would be inclined to accept that if there is a conflict between the PP…”
- Cited — Soteria Insurance Limited (formerly CIS General Insurance Limited) v IBM United Kingdom Limited 2022-04-04
“…ourt cases: Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50 at [14]-[30]; Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36 at [14]-[22]; and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Limited [2017] UKSC 24 at [8]-[15]. They are well-known and it is unnecessary to dwell on them for too long here.…”
- Cited — Mashael Alebrahim v BM Design London Limited 2022-02-17
“…of course, Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2001] UK SC 50 AT [14]-[30]; Arnold v Briton [2015] UKSC 36 at [14]-[22]; and Woods v Capita Insurance Services Limited [2017] UKSC 24 at [8]-[15]. The principles are well-known: that the contract must be construed against the surrounding circumstances, in order to ascertain what a reasonable …”
- Cited — Steve Ward Services (UK) Limited v Davies & Davies Associates Limited 2022-02-14
“…[2017] UKSC 24 at [8] – [15]. They are well-known and it is unnecessary to summarise those principles here.…”
- Cited — ABN Amro Bank N.V. v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc & Ors. 2021-12-02
“… analysis back to the approach identified in Rainy Sky v. Kookmin Bank[2011] UKSC 50; [2011] 1 W.L.R 2900 (Rainy Sky) and Wood v. Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173 (Wood v. Capita), concluding that commercial considerations did not tell against ABN Amro’s interpretation. That would have ignored the fact th…”
- Cited — Hercultio Maritime Limited & Ors. v Gunvor International BV & Ors. 2021-12-01
“… account where appropriate of the commercial background as it would have been understood by both parties (cf. cases such as Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd[2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173). The process of construing a bill of lading is in principle no different from that of any other contract, although it needs to take account of…”
- Cited — Nord Naphtha Limited v New Stream Trading AG 2021-11-30
“…pting a ‘back to front’ approach by starting with common sense, noting the “unitary exercise” of construction described in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24 per Lord Hodge at [11]-[12]. The term is express, but alternatively, must be implied as both obvious and necessary. Totsa was irrelevant; anyway, it was not bi…”
- Considered — Promontoria (Oak) Ltd v Nicholas Michael Emanuel & Anor. 2021-11-18
“…d to consider the meaning and effect of an instrument, it must consider the whole of it: see Hancock at [70], referring to Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24 (“Wood v Capita”) at [8] to [15] per Lord Hodge JSC, where he said that the Court’s task when construing a contract requires it to consider the contract as a w…”
- Followed — European Film Bonds A/S & Ors v Lotus Holdings LLC & Ors 2021-05-28
“…The Judge, having referred to Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50, Arnold v Britton [2015 UKSC 361 at [15] and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, summarised the relevant principles of contractual construction at [52] as follows:…”
- Followed — Fishbourne Developments Ltd v Stephens 2020-12-16
“…ger stated to be relevant when interpreting contracts, and having also set out the passage in the opinion of Lord Hodge in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24 at [9] – [14], the judge concluded as follows:…”
- Cited — Abc Electrification Ltd v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd 2020-12-04
“…ny Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50; [2011] 1 WLR 2900; Arnold v Britton and others [2015] UKSC 36; [2015] AC 1619 and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173.…”
- Cited — British Gas Trading Ltd v Shell UK Ltd & Anor 2020-12-04
“…o one point, was not in dispute. The principles have been re-stated in Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36, [2015] AC 1619 and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173 and need not be repeated here. In short, the court’s task is to ascertain the objective meaning of the contract, read as a whole in the light o…”
- Cited — Apache North Sea Ltd v Euroil Exploration Ltd & Anor 2020-10-30
“…ny Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50; [2011] 1 WLR 2900; Arnold v Britton and others [2015] UKSC 36; [2015] AC 1619 and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173. No issue is taken with the Judge's summary of the law at [13] and [14] of the Judgment.…”
- Cited — Primus International Holding Company & Ors v Triumph Controls - UK Ltd & Anor 2020-09-22
“…36, [2015] AC 1619; and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Limited [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173. Those principles were adopted by the judge and no point arises on this appeal as to any alleged error of law in the judge’s approach to the co…”
- Cited — Hancock v Promontoria (Chestnut) Ltd 2020-07-14
“… known to both parties at or before the time when the contract was made, but excluding evidence of prior negotiations: see Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173, at [8] to [15] per Lord Hodge JSC (with whose judgment the other members of the Supreme Court agreed). As Lord Hodge put it at [10], with my e…”
- Cited — Lamesa Investments Ltd v Cynergy BankLtd 2020-06-30
“…Limited [2017] UKSC 24…”
- Cited — Teesside Gas Transportation Ltd v Cats North Sea Ltd & Ors 2020-04-07
“…he principles can now be taken as settled. They have been re-stated in Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36, [2015] AC 1619 and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173 and need not be repeated here.…”
- Cited — Butler v Bankside Commercial Ltd 2020-02-27
“…given to the text; in other cases to the context. For these propositions he relies on the decision of the Supreme Court in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173.…”
- Cited — Filatona Trading Ltd & Anor v Navigator Equities Ltd & Ors 2020-02-06
“…cts of construction. Lord Hodge (with whom the other members of the Supreme Court agreed) expressed an analogous point in Wood v. Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173 at [12]:…”
- Cited — Guest Services Worldwide Ltd v Shelmerdine 2020-02-04
“…v Britton [2015] UKSC 36 per Lord Neuberger PSC at [15] – [23] (with whom Lords Sumption and Hughes JJSC agreed) and in Wood v CapitaInsurance Services Limited [2017] UKSC 24 per Lord Hodge at [10] - [14] (with whom Lord Neuberger PSC and Lords Mance, Clarke and Sumption JJSC agreed).…”
- Followed — Blackstar Advisors Ltd v Cheyne Capital International Ltd & Anor 2019-12-12
“…006), and those definitions are not obviously inapt or contrary to “business common sense” (for the significance of which, see Wood v Capita Insurance Services [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173, at paragraphs 10-14). It follows that Blackstar’s fee entitlement will have come to an end on 31 March 2014 unless HDFP’s investment pursuant …”
- Applied — Barton v Gwyn-Jones & Ors 2019-11-21
“…nciples to be applied by the court when determining the proper construction of a contract are well known. See for example, Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24 per Lord Hodge JSC at [10] – [14] with whom Lord Neuberger PSC and Lords Clarke, Mance and Sumption JJSC agreed. In this case, the Agreement was oral and its t…”
- Cited — Ho v Adelekun 2019-11-19
“…offer letter of 19 April 2017. That involves assessment of the “objective meaning of the language” (to quote Lord Hodge in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173, at paragraph 10) or, in the words of Lord Hoffmann in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896 at 9…”
- Cited — Stobart Group Ltd & Anor v Stobart & Anor (Rev 1) 2019-07-31
“…Lord Hodge’s more recent synthesis of the proper approach to the construction of contracts in Wood v. Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173 at [10], with which the other members of the Supreme Court agreed, is to like effect:…”
- Cited — Fraser Turner Ltd v Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP & Ors 2019-07-19
“… summarised paragraphs 17-23 of Lord Neuberger’s judgment in Arnold v. Britton and cited well-known principles and dicta from Wood v. Capita Insurance Services [2017] UKSC 24, Rainy Sky SA v. Kookmin Bank [2011] 1 WLR 2900, Marks & Spencer plc v. BNP Paribas Securities Services [2016] AC 742 at [18]-[21], and BP Refinery (Westernpor…”
- Cited — Ark Shipping Company LLC v Silverburn Shipping (IOM) Ltd 2019-07-10
“…ding to an all too well travelled area, it suffices to adopt (with respect) Lord Hodge’s synthesis as to interpretation in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173, at [10] – [15]:…”
- Cited — Classic Maritime Inc v Limbungan Makmur SDN BHD & Anor 2019-06-27
“…n at stages 1 and 2 runs counter to the modern iterative approach to questions of construction encouraged by cases such as Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173, which requires the court to check its provisional conclusions against the terms of the contract as a whole and the commercial consequences of …”
- Cited — Granada UK Rental & Retail Ltd & Ors v The Pensions Regulator 2019-06-20
“…ourt should not adopt an interpretation producing that result. In that connection, Mr Railton referred us to passages from Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173 in which Lord Hodge spoke of the Court giving “more or less weight to elements of the wider context” “depending on the nature, formality and qu…”
- Cited — Minera Las Bambas SA & Anor v Glencore Queensland Ltd & Ors 2019-06-14
“…ng the relevant contractual provisions are not in dispute. They have most recently been summarised by the Supreme Court in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24;…”
- Cited — BNP Paribas SA v Trattamento Rifiuti Metropolitani SPA (Rev 1) 2019-05-07
“…ng any provision of a commercial contract the court will look at the language and investigate the commercial consequences: Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173 at [8]-[15], per Lord Hodge (judgment at [28]).…”
- Cited — Merthyr (South Wales) Ltd (FKA Blackstone (South Wales) Ltd) v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council 2019-03-28
“…e which includes this proposition was cited with approval in Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36; [2015] AC 1619, para 15, and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173, para 10. It is an approach which, as Lord Wilberforce noted, can be traced back at least to Lord Blackburn’s judgment in River Wear Commission…”
- Cited — Harcus Sinclair LLP v Harcus Sinclair UK Lte 2019-03-05
“…m the Supreme Court’s decisions in Rainy Sky SA v. Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50, Arnold v. Britton [2015] UKSC 36, and Wood v. Capita Insurance Services Limited [2017] UKSC 24. The judge held that the words “the contemplated Group…”
- Cited — Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd 2019-03-05
“…contracts have been restated by the Supreme Court on several occasions in recent years. The most recent distillation is in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173 at [10] to [14]. I bear those principles in mind, but will not extend this judgment by setting them out.…”
- Cited — Pease v Henderson Administration Ltd 2019-02-15
“… the Supreme Court in a number of decisions, notably in Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36 at [14][23] per Lord Neuberger and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24 at [10]-[14] per Lord Hodge. I see no advantage in seeking to summarise the principles there referred to, which are well-known. I will only therefore draw atte…”
- Considered — ARB v IVF Hammersmith & Anor 2018-12-17
“… considering the proper construction of the Agreement, the applicable principles are those set out by the Supreme Court in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173 and the earlier authorities there cited.…”
- Cited — Icescape Ltd v Ice-World International BV & Ors 2018-10-10
“…ned, a problem of interpretation to which the applicable principles are tolerably clear and were affirmed by Lord Hodge in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] 2 WLR 1095 at [8] to [15]. But of course patents are different from contracts. Patents are addressed to all persons skilled in the art and describe and…”
- Cited — Agarwal v Cardiff University & Anor 2018-09-27
“…[2017] UKSC 24…”
- Cited — PM Law Ltd v Motorplus Ltd 2018-07-26
“…business common sense: Arnold v Britton & Ors [2015] AC 1619 per Lord Neuberger PSC at [14] – [23] and Wood v Capita Insurance Services Limited [2017] AC 1173: [2017] UKSC 24 per Lord Hodge JSC at [8] – [15].…”
- Cited — Holland And Barrett International Ltd & Anor v General Nutrition Investment Company 2018-07-04
“…e applicable legal principles were not in dispute. The appellants referred the court to Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36 and Wood v Capita Insurance ServicesLtd [2017] UKSC 24.…”
- Cited — Trillium (Prime) Property GP Ltd v Elmfield Road Ltd 2018-07-04
“… the Supreme Court dealing with the principles of contractual interpretation, culminating (at least for the time being) in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173. I will not attempt to distil or paraphrase that learning. As Lord Hodge said at [9], the legal profession has sufficient judicial statements o…”
- Cited — Malone v Birmingham Community NHS Trust 2018-06-19
“… 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 — National Bank of Kazakhstan & Anor v The Bank of New York Mellon Sa/nv, London Branch 2018-06-19
“…h have sought to provide guidance on contractual interpretation, including Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36; [2015] AC 1618 and Wood v Capita Insurance Services [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] AC 1173. The latest guidance is to be found in Wood. The single judgment in that case was given by Lord Hodge, with whom Lord Neuberger, Lord Mance, Lo…”
- Applied — Heis & Ors v Financial Services Compensation Scheme Ltd & Anor 2018-06-11
“…to the general principles of interpretation applying to contracts, the judge referred to the summary by Lord Hodge JSC in Wood v. Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, and he cited [10] to [14]; to a statement of principle by Sir Thomas Bingham MR in Arbuthnot v. Fagan [1995] CLC 1396; and to Arnold v. Britton [2015] AC 1619…”
- Cited — Botleigh Grange Hotel Ltd v HMRC 2018-05-09
“…The approach to the interpretation of contracts has received further judicial attention in Wood v CapitaInsurance Services Limited [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173 per Lord Hodge in particular at [8] – [15]. Lord Hodge declined to reformulate the guidance in Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] 1 WLR 2900 an…”
- Applied — Recorded Picture Company Ltd v Alfama Films Production & Anor 2018-04-13
“…used unambiguous language , the court must apply it” and went on at paragraph [30] to set out the now well known passages from Wood v Capita Insurance Services [2017] UKSC 24; [2017] 2 WLR 1095 per Lord Hodge at paras 10 – 13, as to the court’s task when construing a contract and the means by which it should go about it.…”
- Cited — Interactive E-Solutions JLT & Anor v O3b Africa Ltd 2018-01-30
“…ehensively discussed by the Supreme Court in a series of cases over the last few years culminating (for the time being) in Wood v Capita Insurance Services Ltd [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173. I will not attempt to summarise or paraphrase it. As Lord Hodge said at [9] the legal profession has sufficient judicial statements of this na…”