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TOPALSSON GMBH v ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS LTD
[2025] BLR 1
Contract terms – Limitation of liability – Contractual interpretation – Interest – Set-off – Limitation periods.
BDW TRADING LTD v ARDMORE CONSTRUCTION LTD
[2025] BLR 14
Adjudication enforcement – Jurisdiction – Crystallisation of Dispute – Prevarication in response to claims – Claim under Defective Premises Act (as amended) referred to adjudication – Scope of adjudication clause – Natural justice – Inequality of Arms – Consideration of defence.
ESTATE MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD v JUNIOR SAMMY CONTRACTORS LTD
[2025] BLR 45
Right to sue – Absolute assignment or assignment by way of charge.
MALIN INDUSTRIAL CONCRETE FLOORS LTD (IN ADMINISTRATION) v VOLKERFITZPATRICK LTD
[2025] BLR 65
Adjudication enforcement – Company in administration – Undetermined cross-claim – No security offered – Stay of enforcement.
DARCLIFFE HOMES LTD v GLANVILLE CONSULTANTS AND ANOTHER
[2025] BLR 76
Ground investigation – Desktop study – Negligence and contract – Scope of duty of care – Reliance – Causation – Damages – Capital diminution at purchase – Later profits immaterial.
MORNINGTON 2000 LLP (T/A STERILAB SERVICES) AND ANOTHER v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
[2025] BLR 88
Disclosure – Disclosure orders – Third-party disclosure – Breach of court orders – Striking-out – Relief from sanction.
BANGS v FM CONWAY LTD
[2025] BLR 107
Strike out for failure to serve Particulars of Claim on time – Relief from sanctions – Denton principles – Withdrawal of pre-action admission of liability – CPR 3.9 – CPR 14.1 – CPR 58.5.
ALAME AND OTHERS v SHELL PLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC) AND ANOTHER | SHELL PLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC) AND ANOTHER v ALAME AND OTHERS
[2025] BLR 118
Group litigation – Amendment of pleadings – CPR rule 17.4 – Expiry of limitations periods – Whether new claims arose out of matters already in issue. – Group litigation – So-called “global claims” – Asymmetry of information – Case management – Lead claimants.