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: BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LTD v STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE LTD; Pleadings – Extrapolation of claims – Strike out application under CPR 3.4(2)(a) and (b).; [2022] BLR 1

: MANSION PLACE LTD v FOX INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LTD; Whether there had been agreement to forgo claiming liquidated damages – Whether an extension of time claim had to be determined before a notice of non-completion could be served – Whether liquidated damages were a penalty – Whether the liquidated damages provision was inoperative and unenforceable.; [2022] BLR 19

: CREST NICHOLSON OPERATIONS LTD AND ANOTHER v GRAFIK ARCHITECTS LTD AND ANOTHER; Striking out – No reasonable grounds – Abuse of process – Lack of particularity – Failure to disclose reasonable grounds for bringing the claim – Need for information request to be made – Need for expert evidence in support.; [2022] BLR 37

: CC CONSTRUCTION LTD v MINCIONE; Application to enforce adjudicator's decision – Part 8 claim for declarations.; [2022] BLR 48

: DOWNS ROAD DEVELOPMENT LLP v LAXMANBHAI CONSTRUCTION (UK) LTD; Validity of Payment Notice – Enforceability of adjudicator's decision – Breach of natural justice – Severability of adjudicator's decision.; [2022] BLR 72

: RUSHBOND PLC v THE JS DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LLP; Property damage by third parties – Negligence – Duty of care – Omissions – Strike out – Whether arguable case of duty of care – Whether “pure omission” – Exceptions to rule against liability for “pure omissions”.; [2022] BLR 93

: CDE v NOP; Arbitration – Confidentiality – Contractual rights – Need for open justice – Hearings in private – CPR 39.2 – CPR 62.10 – Case management conference in private.; [2022] BLR 108

: NAYLOR AND OTHERS v ROAMQUEST LTD AND ANOTHER; Amendments to particulars of claim under CPR r 17.1(2)(b) – Striking out – Real prospect of success – Pleading of case on defects.; [2022] BLR 119

: FAIRGROVE HOMES LTD v MONUMENT TWO LTD; Construction contracts – Enforcement – Adjudicators’ decisions – Tomlin Orders – Interpretation.; [2022] BLR 140

: IDEAL SHOPPING DIRECT LTD AND OTHERS v MASTERCARD INCORPORATED AND OTHERS and IDEAL SHOPPING DIRECT LTD AND OTHERS v VISA EUROPE LTD AND OTHERS; Service – Amendments of claimed forms – Service of unsealed claim forms – Whether outside limitation period – Jurisdiction of the court – CPR Part 7.5 – CPR Part 3.10 – Errors of procedure – Whether capable of rectification.; [2022] BLR 153

: CAMERON TAYLOR CONSULTING LTD AND ANOTHER v BDW TRADING LTD; Application to amend after expiry of limitation period – Limitation Act 1980, sections 14B and 35 – Application of CPR 17.4 – Application to substitute a party – Application of CPR 19.5.; [2022] BLR 183

: MULALLEY & CO LTD v MARTLET HOMES LTD; Pleadings – Reply – Whether adding new claim in Reply – Application to strike out parts of Reply – Whether permitted – Claim should be added to Particulars of Claim by amendment – CPR Part 3.4(2)(a) and Part 7.5. – Limitation Act 1980 – Amendment to add claim after expiry of limitation period – Principles to be applied – Discretion.; [2022] BLR 198

: EXCESSION TECHNOLOGIES LTD v POLICE DIGITAL SERVICE; Procurement – Limitation – Time-bar – Whether extension should be granted.; [2022] BLR 217

: AVANTAGE (CHESHIRE) LTD AND OTHERS v GB BUILDING SOLUTIONS LTD (IN ADMINISTRATION) AND OTHERS; Damage by fire – Summary judgment – Duty of care – Assumption of responsibility – Economic loss – Physical damage – Acts or omissions.; [2022] BLR 244

: STEVE WARD SERVICES (UK) LTD v DAVIES & DAVIES ASSOCIATES LTD; Adjudication – Adjudicator's fees – Adjudicator resigning – Entitlement to fees – Whether Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applied – Bad faith – Whether rate reasonable – Costs.; [2022] BLR 268

: GEOQUIP MARINE OPERATIONS AG v TOWER RESOURCES CAMEROON SA AND ANOTHER; Contract sum – Whether late invoice defeated right to be paid – Whether term a condition that made time of the essence – Estoppel by convention – Whether shared assumption sufficiently clear – Whether unequivocal communication that crossed the line – Estoppel by contract – Whether recitals went beyond statement of facts – Guarantee – Whether guarantee discharged by material variation to underlying contract.; [2022] BLR 289

: TRANSPARENTLY LTD v GROWTH CAPITAL VENTURES LTD; Mandatory injunction – Serious issue to be tried – High degree of assurance that right will be established – Damages and adequate remedy – Balance of convenience – Least risk of injustice – Application for delivery up of software – Cross undertaking in damages.; [2022] BLR 319

: BENKERT UK LTD v PAINT DISPENSING LTD; Limitation of liability – Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 – Reasonableness.; [2022] BLR 330

: THE PUBLIC INSTITUTION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY v BANQUE PICTET & CIE SA AND OTHERS; Judgment – Draft judgment distributed to parties – Embargo on draft judgment – Breach of embargo.; [2022] BLR 349

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