A consortium of property developers including Persimmon brought damages claims against Arup, the project consultant, for failing to identify large quantities of asbestos on a development site in South ...

Despite best efforts, ambiguities are inevitable in contracts. The doctrine of contra proferentem shifts the risk of ambiguity to the party that drafted the contract. The doctrine is frequently ...

Policyholders should be mindful that at every opportunity, insurers will seek to challenge the adoption of the doctrine of contra proferentem, and insurers will continue to advocate for application of ...

Despite insurers’ recent attempts to reverse and rewrite the rules of policy interpretation, the doctrine of contra proferentem, which requires that ambiguous policy provisions be interpreted in favor ...