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Valuation of post-termination account and orders for payment
In WRW Construction Ltd v Datblygau Davies Developments Ltd [2020] EWHC 1965 (TCC), Recorder Andrew Singer QC held that the defendant had no reasonably arguable defence to the claimant’s claim for payment following the adjudicator’s decision as to..
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24 August 2020
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Vol 37 No 08 - 24 August 2020
Identity of parties to contract
In Maftoon (t/a FM Construction Services) v Sayed and Lebaneat (Yarm) Ltd [2020] EWHC 1801 (TCC), it was held that the parties to the contract were the claimant and the defendant in his personal capacity and not the company of which the defendant..
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24 August 2020
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Vol 37 No 08 - 24 August 2020
Remoteness of damage in contract
In Attorney-General of the Virgin Islands v Global Water Associates Ltd [2020] UKPC 18, the Privy Council held that an employer which was in breach of a contract to design and build a plant as a result of its failure to make the site available to..
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24 August 2020
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Vol 37 No 08 - 24 August 2020
Architect did not owe duty of care in respect of fire damage caused by a third party
In Rushbond plc v The J S Design Partnership LLP [2020] EWHC 1982 (TCC), O’Farrell J held that the defendant architects did not owe the claimant a common law duty of care in respect of fire damage to property caused by a third party, when intruders..
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24 August 2020
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Vol 37 No 08 - 24 August 2020
Adjudication, severance and single disputes
In Dickie & Moore Ltd v Ronald James McLeish, Mrs Diane McLeish and Catriona Watt as Trustees of The Lauren McLeish Discretionary Trust [2020] CSIH 38 the Inner House of the Court of Session dismissed an appeal from the decision of Lord Doherty..
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24 August 2020
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Vol 37 No 08 - 24 August 2020
Informa Law resumes the print and distribution of Building Law Monthly
Following the temporary halt to our normal print and distribution of Building Law Monthly due to the coronavirus pandemic, Informa Law is pleased to confirm that the hard-copy publication will begin to be distributed again from 1 January 2021...
Online Published Date:
16 October 2020
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Vol 37 No 08 - 24 August 2020