‘UNREASONABLE OR VEXATIOUS’ TERMINATION

Reinwood Ltd v L Brown & Sons Ltd [2007] BLR 10

In Reinwood Ltd v L Brown & Sons Ltd [2007] BLR 10 Judge Gilliland considered the test to be applied when deciding whether or not a contract has been determined by a contractor ‘unreasonably or vexatiously’. On the facts it was held that the contractor had neither acted vexatiously nor unreasonably in determining the contract. Judge Gilliland helpfully set out six points to bear in mind when deciding whether or not a contract has been determined vexatiously or unreasonably.