de L'Isle v Knight

[2021] NSWSC 809

Supreme Court of NSW

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. Contracts
2. › construction
3. › interpretation
4. › where parties entered into a loan agreement
5. › where plaintiff and companies associated with defendant subsequently entered into a joint venture
6. › where joint venture terminated by agreement
7. › where termination agreement discharged “all payment obligations” the defendant may have to the plaintiff
8. › whether the loan was a payment obligation discharged by the termination agreement
1. Contracts
2. › construction
3. › interpretation
4. › distinction between accord and satisfaction and accord executory
5. › whether termination deed operated as accord and satisfaction or accord executory
1. Contracts
2. › construction
3. › interpretation
4. › agreements
5. › use of recital in construction of a discharge clause
6. › recital stated the agreement of two parties to the agreement
7. › where other parties to the agreement
8. › whether general words of discharge clause should be read down in accordance with the recital