The contract between Winter Garden Theatre (London) Ltd. and Millennium Productions Ltd., which gave rise to a 1948 legal case, stated that Millennium would have to give a month's notice if it wished to terminate, but Winter Garden's obligations were not stated.
Lord MacDermott stated in that case thatThe conclusion I reach is that in this contract there should be implied a stipulation to the effect that, ... the licence might be terminated by the licensors on the expiration of a reasonable notice period duly communicated to the licensees.
They had discussed a number of options in a series of e-mails, and draft agreements had passed between them.
[note 1] In Poland the same notice period applies regardless of which party (employer or employee) withdraws the contract.
Notice periods in Switzerland are governed by the Code of Obligations,[9] which sets the default time scales.