A document could not be construed other than in its clear words even though one party had clearly intended the result sought. A hire agreement would be unenforceable under the Act, depending upon whether payments were made within a year of the agreement. A payment on the day after could not be included, the agreement was not exempt, and being wrongly executed, was unenforceable, and its cost was not recoverable from another party after an accident.
Citations:
Times 07-Mar-2000, [2000] 1 WLR 1500
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Thew v Cole; King v Daltray CA 16-Dec-2003
Issues arose as to whether car hire agreements were exempt from regulation under the Act. They provided that payment was to be made in 12 months ‘from the start of the agreement’.
Held: The first question was whether the time by which the . .
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Consumer, Contract
Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.90690