BLOOMBERG LP v SANDBERG (A FIRM) AND OTHERS

[2016] BLR 72

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION COURT)

Before Mr Justice Fraser

Contracts – Limitation clauses – Whether limitation clause in contractor's warranty to tenant limits consultant engineer's contribution claim against contractor. – Contribution – Limitation clauses – Whether possible to contract out of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978. – Contribution – Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978, section 1(3) – Whether expiry of contractual period of limitation extinguishes right on which claim is based. – Remedies – Declaratory relief – Circumstances in which declaratory relief is appropriate.