An elephant by any other name may not smell as sweet: the decision of the NSW Court of Appeal in Cro Travel Pty Ltd v Australia Capital Financial Management and what the future may need to deliver

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When there is an invisible elephant in the room, from time to time, one is bound to trip over a trunk. On 13 July 2018, the New South Wales Court of Appeal handed down the anticipated decision in Cro Travel Pty Ltd v Australia Capital Financial Management [2018] NSWCA 153, an appeal from the decision…

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Tripping the Light fantastic – “The true rule” and the admissibility of extrinsic material in contractual interpretation

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Tripping the Light fantastic – “The true rule” and the admissibility of extrinsic material in contractual interpretation A quick and nimble dance through the High Court’s excursus of contractual interpretation and the necessity of a “constructional choice” for the admissibility of extrinsic material. In the interpretation of a contract, be it a policy of insurance…

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