Building Law Monthly

In Scullion v Bank of Scotland (t/a Colleys) [2010] EWHC 2253 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 87 (Oct), Richard Snowden QC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court, held that the claimant purchaser of a buy-to-let property was in principle entitled to..

In Volker Stevin Ltd v Holystone Contracts Ltd [2010] EWHC 2344, [2010] All ER (D) 82 (Oct) Mr Justice Coulson held that there was no basis, either in jurisdictional terms or in relation to natural justice, on which the adjudicator’s decision..

In Hkruk II (CHC) Ltd v Heaney [2010] EWHC 2235 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 101 (Sep) Judge Langan QC held that the defendant was entitled to a mandatory injunction requiring the claimant to remove part of a building which interfered with the..

In Dhamija v Sunningdale Joineries Ltd [2010] EWHC 2396 (TCC), [2010] All ER (D) 152 (Oct) Mr Justice Coulson rejected the submission that a term was to be implied into a contract between an employer on a building project and a quantity surveyor..

The Court of Appeal in Geldof Metaalconstructie NV v Simon Carves Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ 667, [2010] BLR 401 reconsidered the authorities which define the scope of equitable set-off. The Court of Appeal held that the crucial question to ask, when..