Building Law Reports

General editors: The Hon Sir Robert Akenhead; Dominique Rawley KC; Marc Lixenberg; Omar Eljadi; Felicity Dynes and David Johnson; Consulting editor: Mr Justice Fraser

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CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LTD v BIRSE DEVELOPMENTS LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) AND OTHERS

[2014] BLR 359

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT)

Before Mr Justice STUART-SMITH

Limitation - Main contractor - Cause of action - Collateral warranties - Sub-contractor-sub-consultant-Assignment - Prohibition against assignment after two assignments - Link between nature of the duty and the extent of liability for breach of that duty - Incurrence of liability by main contractor - Time runs from practical completion - Knowledge irrelevant to accrual of cause of action - Construction of term determinative as to effectiveness of assignment.

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