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TOPALSSON GMBH v ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 1
Contract terms – Limitation of liability – Contractual interpretation – Interest – Set-off – Limitation periods.
BDW TRADING LTD v ARDMORE CONSTRUCTION LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 2
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 Plus 3
Right to sue – Absolute assignment or assignment by way of charge.
ROBERT HEATH HEATING LTD v ORBIT GROUP LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 4
Procurement – Disclosure – Nature of obligation – Whether disclosure should be ordered.
BNP PARIBAS DEPOSITARY SERVICES LTD AND ANOTHER v BRIGGS & FORRESTER ENGINEERING SERVICES LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 5
Interpretation of contracts – Scope of work – Responsibility for actual physical conditions at site – Termination.
MORNINGTON 2000 LLP (T/A STERILAB SERVICES) AND ANOTHER v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
[2025] BLR Plus 6
Disclosure – Disclosure orders – Third-party disclosure – Breach of court orders – Striking-out – Relief from sanction.
ALAME AND OTHERS v SHELL PLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC) AND ANOTHER AND BETWEEN SHELL PLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC) AND ANOTHER v ALAME AND OTHERS
[2025] BLR Plus 7
Group litigation – So-called "global claims" – Asymmetry of information – Case management – Lead claimants.
MALIN INDUSTRIAL CONCRETE FLOORS LTD (IN ADMINISTRATION) v VOLKERFITZPATRICK LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 8
Adjudication enforcement – Company in administration – Undetermined cross-claim – No security offered – Stay of enforcement.
BANGS v FM CONWAY LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 9
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.
DARCLIFFE HOMES LTD v GLANVILLE CONSULTANTS AND GROUND WATER LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 10
Ground investigation – Desktop study – Negligence and contract – Scope of duty of care – Reliance – Causation – Damages – Capital diminution at purchase – Later profits immaterial.
FES LTD v HFD CONSTRCTION LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 11
SBC/JCT standard form of contract – Loss and expense – Whether notice a condition precedent to entitlement.
WILLMOTT DIXON HOLDINGS LTD v KARAKUSEVIC CARSON ARCHITECTS LLP AND OTHERS
[2025] BLR Plus 12
Claim form – Abuse of process – Strike out.
WH HOLDING LTD v E20 STADIUM LLP
[2025] BLR Plus 13
Expert determination – Decision to be final and binding in absence of manifest error – Application for declaratory relief – Whether decision invalid due to “manifest errors”.
PLACEFIRST CONSTRUCTION LTD v CAR CONSTRUCTION (NORTH EAST) LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 14
Adjudication – Payment notice – Pay less notice.
AIRWAVE SOLUTIONS LTD v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT AND ANOTHER
[2025] BLR Plus 15
Procurement – Amendment – Late amendment – Very late amendments – Principles.
GENERAL DYNAMICS UNITED KINGDOM LTD v STATE OF LIBYA
[2025] BLR Plus 16
Execution immunity – Wording necessary for waiver.
FIRDOUS v ECCLESALL DESIGN LTD AND OTHERS
[2025] BLR Plus 17
Strike out – Summary judgment – Inadequacy of proposed amendments to pleading – Non-compliance with pre-action protocol – Non-compliance with initial disclosure obligations.
BDW TRADING LTD v ARDMORE CONSTRUCTION LTD AND OTHERS
[2025] BLR Plus 18
Building Safety Act 2022, sections 130 to 132 – Status of explanatory notes to the 2022 Act – Building liability order – Information order – Body corporate – Associate companies – No entitlement under Senior Courts Act 1981, section 37(1) or inherent jurisdiction.
GOLDKORN v MPA (CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANTS) LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] BLR Plus 19
Title to sue – Assignment – Beneficiary of rights held on trust.
HUME STREET MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD v SHEIKH HAMAD BIN JASSIM AL-THANI AND OTHERS
[2025] BLR Plus 20
Service of proceedings – Service out of the jurisdiction – Alternative service – Serious issue to be tried.
381 SOUTHWARK PARK ROAD RTM COMPANY LTD AND OTHERS v CLICK ST ANDREWS LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) AND ANOTHER
[2025] BLR Plus 21
Building Safety Act 2022, sections 130 and 131 – Building liability order – Associated companies – Control by one body corporate – Just and equitable – Order may not require quantified losses.
WATER AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO v WATERWORKS LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 22
FIDIC Yellow Book – Meaning of "reasonably incurred" on termination – Subcontract cancellation costs.
LLOYDS DEVELOPMENT LTD v ACCOR HOTEL SERVICES UK LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 23
Strike out of pleadings – Principles – Impact of delay in making application.
JOHN SISK AND SON LTD v CAPITAL & CENTRIC (ROSE) LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 24
Contractual interpretation – Risk allocation – Pre-contractual negotiations – Part 8 proceedings – Declaratory relief.
SOUTH EAST WATER LTD v ELSTER WATER METERING LTD
[2025] BLR Plus 25
Contractual interpretation – Framework agreement – Limitation of liability.
LONHAM GROUP LTD v SCOTBEEF LTD AND ANOTHER
[2025] BLR Plus 26
Insurance – Insurance Act 2015 – Duty of care – Accrual of cause of action – Amendments – Designers – Loss and damage – “No loss” argument.
WORKING ON WELLBEING LTD (TRADING AS OPTIMA HEALTH) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WORK AND PENSIONS, DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS
[2025] BLR Plus 27
Public Procurement – Interpretation of exclusion or disqualification provisions – Errors and ambiguities in tender – Post-tender clarifications – Whether a duty to seek clarification – Duty of equal treatment.