OBLIGATION TO INSURE CEASES ON PRACTICAL COMPLETION

TFW Printers Ltd v Interserve Project Services Ltd [206] EWCA Civ 875; [2006] BLR 299

In TFW Printers Ltd v Interserve Project Services Ltd [206] EWCA Civ 875; [2006] BLR 299 the Court of Appeal held that the employer’s obligation in clause 6.3B of the JCT Agreement for Minor Building Works (1993 revision) to insure in the parties’ joint names against loss or damage ceased upon practical completion and did not continue until the contractor had discharged the defects liability obligation referred to in clause 2.5 of the contract.