Building Law Monthly

In Aldgate Construction Company Ltd v Unibar Plumbing and Heating Ltd [2010] EWHC 1063 (TCC), [2010] All ER (D) 210 (May) property which was under construction by the claimant suffered serious damage in a fire for which the defendant was..

In Lambert v Barratt Homes Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 681, [2010] All ER (D) 113 (Jun) the Court of Appeal considered the circumstances in which an owner of land can be subject to a ‘measured duty of care’ to take reasonable steps to abate a..

In Cleveland Bridge (UK) Ltd v Whessoe-Volker Stevin Joint Venture [2010] EWHC 1076 (TCC), [2010] All ER (D) 206 (May) Mr Justice Ramsey held that the contract between the parties consisted in part of construction operations within s105(1) of the..

The Court of Appeal in Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2010] EWCA Civ 582, [2010] All ER (D) 255 (May) has, by a majority, allowed an appeal from the decision of Mr Justice Simon (on which see our December 2009/January 2010 issue, pp.10-12). The issue..