“All reasonable endeavours”

Bristol Rovers (1883) Ltd v Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 160; SJ 12 April


Bristol Rovers football club entered into a contract to sell its football stadium to Sainsbury’s, subject to a number of conditions precedent, one of which related to the grant of planning permission. The contract required Sainsbury’s to “use all reasonable endeavours to procure the grant… as soon as reasonably possible”.