Sentences with phrase «against the interests of the party seeking»

Crowden relied on long standing principles of contract law (the Canada Steamship principle) that clauses which exclude liability should be construed narrowly and against the interests of the party seeking to rely on the clause.

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It will also be interesting to see whether the Bureau pursues any directors, officers or employees given its stated commitment over the past several years to more aggressively seek penalties against individuals and whether any other products will be added to the investigation (for example, as a result of other parties seeking «immunity plus» under the Bureau's Leniency Program).

While the Statute of Frauds in many states bars oral agreements for real estate transactions, New Jersey's Statute of Frauds does not bar oral agreements in real estate transactions if a party can show either of the following: a sufficient identification of the property to be transferred, identification of the interest to be transferred, identification of the parties to the transaction, and the existence of the agreement are established in a writing by or on behalf of the party against whom enforcement is sought; or, a sufficient identification of the property to be transferred, identification of the interest to be transferred, identification of the parties to the transaction, and the existence of the agreement proved by clear and convincing evidence.