A critical appraisal of the parol evidence rule in contract law

• Main Authors: Shair Mohamed, Mohd. Akram, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: International Organisation Centre of Academic Research 2014
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/38720/1/2._A_Critical_Appraisal_of_the_Parol_Evidence_Rule.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/38720/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Under the common law the 'hallowed principle' in contract law is that once the parties have reduced their agreement into a written form, in the event of a dispute between them as to the written terms of the contract,they are prohibited from adducing extrinsic evidence to add to, subtract f...