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Building Law Monthly

No oral joint venture agreement
The Court of Appeal in E J W Builders Ltd and Another v Marshall and Others [2026] EWCA Civ 911 dismissed an appeal from His Honour Judge Paul Matthews and held that he had been entitled to find that no partnership or contractual joint venture had..
Online Published Date:  21 August 2026
The price of not fixing a final date for payment
In Deerns UK Ltd v VDC LHR11 Ltd [2026] EWHC 1509 (TCC) Eyre J held that the parties had failed to provide in their contract for a final date for payment as required by section 110(1)(b) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996...
Online Published Date:  21 August 2026
Dual vicarious liability
In Sutton and East Surrey Water plc v Monarch Chemicals Ltd and Another [2026] EWHC 1260 (TCC) Mr Adrian Williamson KC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court, held that an employee had been seconded for a substantial period of time to a..
Online Published Date:  21 August 2026
Adjudicator entitled to reject submissions made by both parties
In BDP Construction Ltd v Cygnet Behavioural Health Ltd [2026] EWHC 1796 (TCC), Constable J held that the claimant was entitled to summary judgment in order to enforce the decision of an adjudicator. In doing so, he held that the defendant had..
Online Published Date:  21 August 2026
Book review
Darryl Royce, Building Defects Law, London Publishing Partnership (2026) 414pp plus tables and index, £125.This is a broad-ranging book which covers a number of aspects of the law relating to defects in buildings. The book identifies the causes of..
Online Published Date:  21 August 2026

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