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‘Best efforts’ in an investment contract means just that, rules judge

Investment managers who promise investors returns on a “best efforts” basis must prove they did their best to effect such returns if they want to avoid liability in the event of a loss, a judge has ruled.Judge Brian Alleyne, in Grenada, issued his ruling earlier this year in legal proceedings involving a group that promised a 100 per cent return on $1.4 million for ten consecutive months and failed to deliver.