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Contract 2025 NSSM 80

Mailman v Bridgewater

Because the lease expressly reserved ownership and title in the lessor and contained an indemnity clause allocating the risk of loss to the lessee, and because the insurance payout did not overcompensate the lessor for its loss, the lessor was entitled to the insurance proceeds and the claimant had no entitlement to any portion of the settlement.

  • Lease termination
  • Insurance proceeds
  • Insurable interest
  • Indemnity
  • Ownership of leased property
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Contract 2012 BCCA 170

CIT Financial Ltd. v. Mike Closs Logging Ltd.

The Court of Appeal held the lease amendment and master lease could be read together, so the lessee was deemed to have elected to purchase and owed the shortfall.

  • Lease interpretation
  • Purchase option
  • Contra proferentem
  • Contract construction
  • End-of-term options
  • Damages
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Contract law 2012 BCSC 180

Star Systems Inc. v. Overland West Freight Lines Ltd.

The court dismissed a petition to rectify a lease renewal clause, finding no convincing proof of a shared intention that renewal rent be 10% of market value.

  • Rectification
  • Mutual mistake
  • Option to renew
  • Lease renewal rent determination
  • Memorandum of understanding
  • Contract interpretation
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Contract law 2011 BCSC 862

CIT Financial Ltd. v. Mike Closs Logging Ltd.

The court interpreted a commercial equipment lease and held that the lessee could return the equipment at lease expiry unless another end-of-term option was validly elected.

  • Contract interpretation
  • Contra proferentem
  • Purchase option
  • End-of-lease options
  • Lease termination
  • Contract-interpretation
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