Building Law Monthly

In Interserve Construction Ltd v Hitachi Zosen Inova AG [2017] EWHC 2633 (TCC) Jefford J held that the claimant was entitled to a declaration that the giving of notice to the claimant was a condition precedent to the exercise by the defendant of its..

In Freeborn v Marcal (t/a Dan Marcal Architects) [2017] EWHC 3046 (TCC) Coulson J held that the defendant was not required to make an application for relief from sanctions because it had complied with the time-frame set out in a letter sent to the..

In South Coast Construction Ltd v Iverson Road Ltd [2017] EWHC 61 (TCC) Coulson J held that the claimant was entitled to continue with proceedings to enforce the decision of an adjudicator notwithstanding the fact that the defendant had issued a..

In Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd v Dunne [2017] EWHC 3073 (TCC) Fraser J held that the defendant was liable as the primary obligor (jointly and severally with another corporate defendant) to make payment of £4 million to the claimant. The..

In Tiuta International Ltd v De Villiers Surveyors Ltd [2017] UKSC 77 the Supreme Court held, allowing an appeal from the Court of Appeal (on which see our August/September 2016 issue pp 8–10), that the liability of the defendant surveyors was..