PRE-CONTRACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS INADMISSIBLE

Canterbury Golf International Ltd v Yoshimoto [2002] UKPC 40

In our January 2002 issue (at pp.5–8), in the context of a discussion of the decision of the Court of Appeal of Singapore in Management Corporation Strata Title Plan No 1933 v Liang Huat Aluminium Ltd [2001] BLR 351, we discussed the extent to which evidence of pre-contractual negotiations is admissible in evidence when interpreting a contract. The Privy Council in Canterbury Golf International Ltd v Yoshimoto [2002] UKPC 40 has re-affirmed the general rule that evidence of pre-contractual negotiations is not generally admissible.