CO-OPERATIVE GROUP LTD v BIRSE DEVELOPMENTS LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) AND OTHERS

[2014] BLR Plus 19

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT)

Before Mr Justice Stuart-Smith

Limitation - Main contractor - Cause of action - Collateral warranties - Sub-contractor-sub-consultant-Assignment - Prohibition against assignment after two assignments - Link between nature of the duty and the extent of liability for breach of that duty - Incurrence of liability by main contractor - Time runs from practical completion - Knowledge irrelevant to accrual of cause of action - Construction of term determinative as to effectiveness of assignment