Building Law Monthly

In Mul v Hutton Construction Ltd [2014] EWHC 1797 (TCC), Akenhead J held that the words ‘appropriate deduction’ in cl 2.30 of the JCT Intermediate Form of Contract (2005) meant a deduction which was reasonable in all the circumstances..

In Knatchbull-Hugessen v SISU Capital Ltd [2014] EWHC 1194 (QB), Leggatt J declined to imply into the contract between the parties a term that the parties would conduct negotiations in good faith and, in particular, that the claimant would not do..

In Stagecoach South Western Trains Ltd v Hind [2014] EWHC 1891 (TCC), Coulson J held that the duty owed by the defendant landowner to the claimant extended no further than carrying out periodic informal or preliminary inspections of the trees in her..

In AB v CD [2014] EWCA Civ 229; [2014] BLR 313, the Court of Appeal held that the ‘rule’ that an injunction should not be granted where damages would be an adequate remedy should be applied in a way which reflects the substantial justice..

Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd v Higgins Construction plc

Makdessi v Cavendish Square Holdings BV