Practitioners in NSW should note that ambiguity is a conclusion reached after considering surrounding circumstances, not a precondition to their admissibility; however, even powerful contextual evidence cannot defeat clear and wide contractual language, and the distinction between subjective intentions and objective facts in pre-contractual correspondence remains critical.
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