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VALE SA v BHP GROUP (UK) LTD AND BHP GROUP LTD
[2024] BLR Plus 1
Court of Appeal - Permission to appeal - Test for grant of permission.
CRYSTAL ELECTRONICS LTD v DIGITAL MOBILE SPECTRUM LTD
[2024] BLR Plus 2
Adjudication - Construction operations - Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, sections 104 and 105 - Installation of systems forming part of the land - Matter of fact and degree - Work on televisions and aerials.
J & B HOPKINS LTD v A & V BUILDING SOLUTIONS LTD
[2024] BLR Plus 3
Permission to appeal - Stay of execution - Consequential orders.
VAN ELLE LTD v KEYNVOR MORLIFT LTD
[2024] BLR Plus 4
Adjudication - Construction operations - Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, sections 104 and 105 - Installation forming part of the land - Where England ends - Were works within England - Natural justice - Matters not addressed by adjudicator.
CHURCHILL v MERTHYR TYDFIL COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL, (THE LAW SOCIETY, THE BAR COUNCIL, THE CIVIL MEDIATION COUNCIL, THE CENTRE FOR EFFECTIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS, HOUSING LAW PRACTITIONERS’ ASSOCIATION, THE SOCIAL HOUSING LAW ASSOCIATION, INTERVENERS)
[2024] BLR Plus 5
CPR 26.5 - Practice Direction on Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols - Whether a court can order parties to engage in ADR - The circumstances in which an order should be made.
MUNICÍPIO DE MARIANA AND OTHERS v BHP GROUP (UK) LTD AND ANOTHER
[2024] BLR Plus 6
Arbitration Act 1996, section 9 - Stay - Abuse of process.
GLOVER AND ANOTHER v FLUID STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS AND TECHNICAL DESIGNERS LTD
[2024] BLR Plus 7
Strike-out - Summary judgment - Structural engineer's scope of duty - Liability for costs in investigating claims as a result of alleged negligence - Liability to repay fees.
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER v ALLIANZ INSURANCE PLC
[2024] BLR Plus 8
Insurance - War exclusion - Unexploded World War II bomb - Damage occurring over 70 years later - Human intervention - Proximate cause - Dominant effective and efficient cause - Common sense - But for test - Passage of time - Concurrent causes.
LANCASHIRE SCHOOLS SPC PHASE 2 LTD (FORMERLY CATALYST EDUCATION (LANCASHIRE) PHASE 2 LTD) v LENDLEASE CONSTRUCTION (EUROPE) LTD (FORMERLY BOVIS LEND LEASE LTD) AND OTHERS
[2024] BLR Plus 9
Dispute resolution - Adjudication - Condition precedent to litigation.
ILUMINESIA LTD (T/A ALTEREGO FACADES) v RFL FACADES LTD
[2024] BLR Plus 10
Adjudication – Summary judgment – Offer and acceptance – Incorporation of standard terms – Whether contractual right to adjudicate – Validity of Notice of Adjudication – Deciding matters not referred – Natural justice – Approbation and reprobation.
BELLWAY HOMES LTD v SURGO CONSTRUCTION LTD
[2024] BLR Plus 11
Adjudication - Application to enforce adjudicator's decision.
CLS CIVIL ENGINEERING LTD v WJG EVANS AND SONS (A PARTNERSHIP)
[2024] BLR Plus 12
CPR Part 8 – Part 8 claim – Alleged disputed facts – Use of Part 8 proceedings – Real issue between the parties – Estoppel – Real prospect of success – Applying Part 24 test.
UNICREDIT BANK GMBH (A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF GERMANY) v RUSCHEMALLIANCE LLC (A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
[2024] BLR Plus 13
Anti-suit injunction - On demand bonds - Bonds provided for English law and ICC arbitration in Paris - Proceedings started in Russia - Anti-suit injunction - Whether UK court had jurisdiction - Whether UK court was proper forum - CPR 6.37(3).
WOL (LONDON) LTD v CROYDON INVESTMENTS LTD AND OTHERS
[2024] BLR Plus 14
Striking out – CPR Part 3.4(2)(a) – Correct approach – Realistic prospect of success – Contractual interpretation – Relevance of collateral warranties – Defects and snagging.
TRIATHLON HOMES LLP v STRATFORD VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP AND OTHERS
[2024] BLR Plus 15
Building Safety Act 2022 - Remedial Contribution Orders - Waking watch costs - Whether just and equitable.