Under What Circumstances Might a Court Refuse to Invoke the Application

question 25

Multiple Choice

Under what circumstances might a court refuse to invoke the application of the parol evidence rule?

• A) where there are changed circumstances since the contract was negotiated
• B) where it would be contrary to the business efficacy rule
• C) in the case of a consumer contract requiring expatiated evidence
• D) where consumer protection legislation provides that oral pre-contractual statements are not necessarily superseded by written terms

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A state in which a society experiences consistent functioning, low levels of social unrest, and predictability in social relationships.

Charter Groups

The French and the English in Canada; Porter recognized the important role these groups played in Canadian history and contemporary social and political development.

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