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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

: BEXHEAT LTD v ESSEX SERVICES GROUP LTD; Adjudication – Enforcement – Serial adjudications – Whether same dispute. – Adjudication – Set-off – Contractual terms permitting set-off of adjudications decisions – Contractual terms permitting referral of multiple disputes at one party's election – Conflict with Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and Scheme for Construction Contracts. – Adjudication – Stay of execution – Evidence.; [2022] BLR 355

: VAN OORD UK LTD v DRAGADOS UK LTD; Adjudication – Natural justice – Need to canvass with parties points not presented by them – Intermediate position between parties’ cases.; [2022] BLR 373

: THE RUGBY FOOTBALL LTD v CLARK SMITH PARTNERSHIP LTD AND ANOTHER and F M CONWAY LTD v THE RUGBY FOOTBALL LTD AND ANOTHER; Construction contracts – Insurance – Agency – Interpretation – Contribution – Preliminary issues.; [2022] BLR 381

: JOHN GRAHAM CONSTRUCTION LTD v TECNICAS REUNIDAS UK LTD; Adjudication enforcement – Disputed contra charge – Severance of part of adjudicator's decision – Effect of arbitration award overturning earlier adjudicator's decision on matters to be decided in a later adjudication – Waiver of jurisdiction objection.; [2022] BLR 402

: AIC LTD v FEDERAL AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF NIGERIA; Overriding objective – Principle of finality – Relief from sanctions – Enforcement proceedings.; [2022] BLR 419

: ABBEY HEALTHCARE (MILL HILL) LTD v SIMPLY CONSTRUCT (UK) LLP; Adjudication – Collateral warranty – Construction contract – Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, section 104 – Retrospective effect of collateral warranty.; [2022] BLR 433

: STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE LTD v GLEEDS (UK) (A FIRM) AND OTHERS; Pleading - Claim for damages - Strike out - Summary judgment on defence - CPR Part 3 and Part 24.; [2022] BLR 464

: ESSENTIAL LIVING (GREENWICH) LTD v ELEMENTS (EUROPE) LTD; Part 8 – Adjudication – Extent to which adjudicator's award concerning interim payment is binding in respect of final account and any later adjudication.; [2022] BLR 473

: MW HIGH TECH PROJECTS UK LTD v GREENHALGH AND OTHERS; Amendment – Particularity – Consolidation – Strike out – Summary judgment.; [2022] BLR 487

: INNOVATE PHARMACEUTICALS LTD v UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION LTD; Security for costs – CPR 25.13 – Relevance of After the Event costs insurance – Policy needs to provide protection – Merits of case and defence.; [2022] BLR 501

: NATIONAL HOUSE-BUILDING COUNCIL v VASCROFT CONTRACTORS LTD; Summary judgment – Strike out – CPR 3.4(2)(a) – CPR 24.1 – Test to be applied.; [2022] BLR 514

: BUCKINGHAM GROUP CONTRACTING LTD v PEEL L&P INVESTMENTS AND PROPERTY LTD; Liquidated damages clauses – Enforceability – Certainty – Partial possession – Liability caps.; [2022] BLR 528

: BARCLAY-WATT AND OTHERS v ALPHA PANARETI PUBLIC LTD AND ANOTHER; Negligent misstatement – Agency – Accessory liability – Personal liability of directors.; [2022] BLR 547

: NICHOLAS JAMES CARE HOMES LTD v LIBERTY HOMES (KENT) LTD; Injunctive relief – Adjudicator's decision – Freezing injunction – Whether good arguable case – Jurisdiction to grant order – Exercise of discretion.; [2022] BLR 566

: SIEMENS MOBILITY LTD v HIGH SPEED TWO (HS2) LTD (BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION UK LTD AND HITACHI RAIL LTD, INTERESTED PARTIES); Evidence – Expert witnesses – Public procurement – Civil procedure.; [2022] BLR 576

: OIL STATES INDUSTRIES (UK) LTD v S LTD AND OTHERS; Tort of bribery – Elements of bribery – Agency – Vicarious liability – Failure to call witnesses – Adverse inference – Other inferences – Best evidence rule – Settlement before judgment handed down.; [2022] BLR 585

: ADVANCE JV (A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN BALFOUR BEATTY GROUP LTD AND MWH TREATMENT LTD) v ENISCA LTD; Part 8 – Adjudication – Validity of pay less notice.; [2022] BLR 605

: LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL v VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MANAGEMENT (VIAM) LTD (IN ADMINISTRATION); Adjudication – Contract – Decision of adjudicator – Breach of natural justice. – Adjudication – Breach of natural justice – Materiality – Enforceability of decision.; [2022] BLR 619

: FTH LTD v VARIS DEVELOPMENTS LTD; Adjudication – Enforcement – Summary judgment – CPR Part 24 – Discretion to grant judgment – Company Voluntary Arrangement – Grounds for refusing judgment – Stay of execution.; [2022] BLR 628

: TJD TRADE LTD v BAM CONSTRUCTION LTD; Amendment – Civil procedure – Breach of contract – Additional claims – Limitation periods.; [2022] BLR 637

: SPECIALIST BUILDING PRODUCTS LTD (TRADING AS PROFILE 22 SYSTEMS) v NEW CENTURY DOORS LTD; Statements of case – Amendments – Limitation – Entire agreement clauses.; [2022] BLR 645

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