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Expert determination and grounds of challenge
In Connect Plus (M25) Ltd v Highways England Co Ltd [2016] EWHC 2614 (TCC) Coulson J held that the claimant’s challenge to an expert’s determination of a dispute between the parties had not been brought in breach of the contractually agreed dispute..
Online Published Date:
25 November 2016
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Vol 33 No 10 - 25 November 2016
No entitlement to interim payment beyond date for practical completion
In Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd v Grove Developments Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 990 the Court of Appeal held, by a majority, that the contract between the parties provided for interim payments to stop at the contractual date for practical..
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25 November 2016
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Vol 33 No 10 - 25 November 2016
Letter of intent or replacement contract?
In Spartafield Ltd v Penten Group Ltd [2016] EWHC 2295 (TCC) Mr Alexander Nissen QC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court, held that a letter of intent which had initially been entered into by the parties had been replaced by a new contract..
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25 November 2016
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Vol 33 No 10 - 25 November 2016
Letters of intent and limitations of liability
In Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd (formerly called Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd) v AMEC (BSC) Ltd (formerly called CV Buchan Ltd) [2016] EWHC 2509 (TCC) Coulson J held that the parties had entered into a simple contact based on a letter of intent sent by..
Online Published Date:
25 November 2016
Appeared in issue:
Vol 33 No 10 - 25 November 2016