Paperlight Limited v Swinton Group Limited: 1996

The court identified principles of construction for a franchise agreement, including that the franchisor’s covenant not to derogate from his grant amounted in this context to ‘really no more than an application of the contra proferentem rule’.

Judges:

Clarke J

Citations:

[1996] CLC 1667

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedStone and Another (T/A Tyre 20) v Fleet Mobile Tyres Ltd CA 31-Aug-2006
The defendants appealed an injunction which prevented them soliciting business from any customer of the claimant for one year, granted pursuant to a restrictive covenant contained in a franchise agreement.
Held: The injunction was discharged. . .
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Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.244796