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S&T (UK) LTD v GROVE DEVELOPMENTS LTD

Adjudication - Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, sections 108 to 111 - Pay Less Notices - Interpretation of Notices - Definition of "specify" the basis on which sum is calculated - Entitlement of Employer to adjudicate on correct value of interim payment entitlement - Need for Employer to pay sum decided by adjudicator as due before it so adjudicates - Standard JCT Design and Build Contract 2011 contract - Timing between liquidated damages notices.

[2019] BLR Plus 2

CHERN v APILOA CORPORATION AND ANOTHER

Technology and Construction Court - Transfer - Claims appropriate for a High Court TCC judge - Adjudication matters - Adjudicators' fee claims.

[2019] BLR Plus 9

GOSVENOR LONDON LTD v AYGUN ALUMINIUM UK LTD

Adjudication enforcement - Stays of enforcement - Applicable principles where real risk of dissipation of adjudication sum before final judgment - Applicable principles regarding fraud allegations raised to support stay application.

[2019] BLR Plus 10

NDOLE ASSETS LTD v DESIGNER M&E SERVICES UK LTD

Civil procedure - Statutory interpretation - Conduct of litigation - Reserved legal activities - Service of claim form - Consequence of service by an unqualified person

[2019] BLR Plus 11

GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LTD v STATE OF LIBYA

Arbitration award - Enforcement - State Immunity Act 1978, section 12 - State immunity - CPR r 62.18 - Service through UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Section 12 mandatory - Service cannot be dispensed with

[2019] BLR Plus 13

WELLS v DEVANI

Contract - Binding contract - Implied terms

[2019] BLR Plus 18

AQABA CONTAINER TERMINAL (PVT) CO v SOLETANCHE BACHY FRANCE SAS

Anti-suit injunction - Construction contract for works in Jordan - Termination and repudiation issues - ICC Arbitration in London - Award issued against Contractor - Jordanian proceedings seeking unconstitutionality declaration relating to letting of Construction contract - Strong reasons not to grant anti-suit injunction - Court's discretion

[2019] BLR Plus 19

MEARS LTD v COSTPLAN SERVICES (SOUTH EAST) LTD AND OTHERS

Practical completion - Patent defects - Whether clause prevents certification of practical completion - Whether defect is "trifling" or de minimis - Effect on practical completion of whether defect is capable of economic remedy.

[2019] BLR Plus 23

DONALD INSALL ASSOCIATES LTD v KEW HOLDINGS LTD

Adjudication - Jurisdiction of adjudicator - Challenge based on identity of contracting party - Challenge based on no crystallised dispute - Challenge based on the requirement for writing in Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, section 107.

[2019] BLR Plus 24

TRIPLE POINT TECHNOLOGY INC v PTT PUBLIC COMPANY LTD

Liquidated damages for delay where work not completed - Damages a penalty - Operation of liquidated damages provision after termination - Operation of contractual cap on damages - Meaning of exclusion from operation of cap of liability resulting from "negligence".

[2019] BLR Plus 25

LUNGOWE AND OTHERS v VEDANTA RESOURCES PLC AND ANOTHER

Jurisdiction - Whether claims by Zambian Nationals should be brought in England - Recast Brussels Regulation - Abuse of EU law - Whether claim disclosed a real issue to be tried against Vedanta - Proper place for bringing claim - Whether Substantial Justice available if claims tried in Zambia

[2019] BLR Plus 28

PBS ENERGO AS v BESTER GENERACION UK LTD

Adjudication - Summary judgment - Fraud - Decision procured by fraud - Whether induced decision of adjudicator - Whether summary judgment should be granted

[2019] BLR Plus 29

P v D AND OTHERS

Arbitration - Arbitration Act 1996, section 68 - Fairness and impartiality - Loan agreement - Extensions allegedly agreed by oral agreement - No relevant documentary evidence - Only witness evidence available - Challenge on key evidential differences needed in cross-examination - Serious irregularity - Substantial injustice

[2019] BLR Plus 32

INDIGO PROJECTS LONDON LTD v RAZIN AND ANOTHER

Adjudication - Insolvency - Company Voluntary Arrangement ("CVA") - Enforcement of adjudicator's decision issued before enforcing company enters into a CVA - Partial and full stays of enforcement - Payment into court of amount determined by adjudicator

[2019] BLR Plus 33

RGB P&C LTD v VICTORY HOUSE GENERAL PARTNER LTD

Adjudication enforcement - Summary judgment - Breach of natural justice - Allegation that adjudicator decided the matter on a basis not advanced by or canvassed with the parties - Allegation of failure to consider a defence

[2019] BLR Plus 34

AMEY HIGHWAYS LTD v WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

Public procurement - Abandonment of procurement - Whether abandonment lawful - Whether abandonment extinguished damages claim by unsuccessful tenderer - Whether unsuccessful tenderer had suffered loss and damage even though procurement abandoned

[2019] BLR Plus 35

COREBUILD LTD v CLEAVER AND ANOTHER

Adjudication - Error of fact or law in decision - Proper approach - Natural justice - No evidence or submission on determinative point - Stay of execution - Insolvency

[2019] BLR Plus 38

BABCOCK MARINE (CLYDE) LTD v HS BARRIER COATINGS LTD

Adjudication - Jurisdiction of court - Scottish contract - Proceedings to enforce adjudicator's decision in England - Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, section 16 and Schedule 4 – Section 49 English court's discretion to stay proceedings in favour of more suitable jurisdiction within UK - Country of closest connection

[2019] BLR Plus 40

AIC LTD v THE FEDERAL AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF NIGERIA

Arbitration – Enforcement of award – New York Convention – Arbitration Act 1996, section 103 – Application to set aside award in another country – Adjournment of enforcement proceedings – Practice – Security for costs on adjournment.

[2019] BLR Plus 41

GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LTD v STATE OF LIBYA

Arbitration award – Enforcement against State – State Immunity Act 1978, section 12 – CPR r 62.18 – Service through UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office – Whether Service can be dispensed with.

[2019] BLR Plus 44

SOLARIA ENERGY UK LTD v DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

Claim for loss resulting from unlawful action in accordance with section 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998 – Allegations of unjustified interference with peaceful enjoyment of possessions contrary Article 1 of the First Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 (“A1P1”) – Meaning of “A1P1 possessions” – Interpretation and application of limitation defence under section 7(5) of the Human Rights Act 1998.

[2019] BLR Plus 45

C SPENCER LTD v MW HIGH TECH PROJECTS UK LTD

Adjudication – Construction operations – Non-construction operations – Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (as amended) – Sections 104, 105, 108, 110, 110A, 111 and 114 – Payment notice – No need to differentiate the operations – IChemE Form of Contract for Civil Engineering subcontract.

[2019] BLR Plus 47

BENNETT (CONSTRUCTION) LTD v CIMC MBS LTD (FORMERLY VERBUS SYSYTEMS LTD)

Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 – Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 – Stage payments – Adequacy of payment mechanism for determining what payments become due and when – Stage payments triggered by “sign-off” – Incorporation of terms from the Scheme for Construction Contracts.

[2019] BLR Plus 48