Contract – Overage clause – interpretation – expert determination – manifest error

Walton Homes Ltd v Staffordshire County Council [2013] EWHC 2554 (Ch) (Peter Smith J) (8 October 2013)

Technically the case concerns an expert’s award in which he interpreted the contract. The claimant (W) brought the claim to set aside the award on the ground that interpretation of the relevant clause was ‘manifestly erroneous’.