Rectification (law)

Rectification (law)

Rectification is a remedy whereby a court orders a change in a written document to reflect what it ought to have said in the first place. It is an equitable remedy, which means the circumstances where it can be applied are limited.

England

In English law, the rule was summarised in "Fowler v Fowler" (1859) 4 DeG & J 250 at 264 as follows:

:"Only after the court has been satisfied by evidence which leaves no 'fair and reasonable doubt' that the deed impeached does not embody the final intention of the parties. This evidence must make it clear that the alleged intention to which the plaintiff asks that the deed be made to conform, continued concurrently in the minds of all the parties down to the time of its execution; and the plaintiff must succeed in showing also the precise form in which the instrument will express this intention."

Canada

In the Canadian case of "Bercovici v Palmer" (1966) 59 DLR (2d) 513 a lawyer's "inexplicable error" extended a conveyance of real property to include a cottage. One of the parties later tried to assert that the inclusion was intended, but the trial judge did not believe this evidence and concluded that he was "satisfied beyond any fair and reasonable doubt that the (cottage) was not intended by either party to be included in their transaction."

On appeal, the court added that in cases where rectification is an issue, it is within the purview of the court to consider conduct subsequent to the contract.

References

*Bird, Roger; "Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary", London, Sweet & Maxwell


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