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{{a|boilerplate|}}“[[manifest error]]” was in {{casenote|IIG Capital llc|Van der Merwe}}<ref>[2007] EWHC 435 para 52</ref> as one which is “obvious or easily demonstrable without extensive investigation” even if not readily apparent at the time that the certificate was provided.  
{{a|boilerplate|}}“[[manifest error]]” was in {{casenote|IIG Capital llc|Van der Merwe}}<ref>[2007] EWHC 435 para 52</ref> as one which is “obvious or easily demonstrable without extensive investigation” even if not readily apparent at the time that the certificate was provided. A rather practical judge — this is more than faint praise; not all judges are — observed in {{cite|Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd|Birmingham City Council|2018|EWCA(Civ)|264}} that a contract detailing an ongoing relationship lasting years — in this case a PFI contract, but we humbly submit, a [[master trading agreement]] is of this character as well — “is likely to be of massive length, containing many infelicities and oddities. Both parties should adopt a reasonable approach in accordance with what is obviously the long-term purpose of the contract. They should not be latching onto the infelicities and oddities, in order to disrupt the project and maximise their own gain.”


In {{casenote|North Shore Ventures Ltd|Anstead Holdings Inc}} the court said:
In {{casenote|North Shore Ventures Ltd|Anstead Holdings Inc}} the court said: