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Liquidated damages, termination and the scope of a limitation clause
Online Published Date : 17 August 2021 | Appeared in issue: Vol 38 No 08 - 17 August 2021
In Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Co Ltd [2021] UKSC 29, the Supreme Court held, as a matter of construction of the liquidated damages clause in the contract between the parties, that liquidated damages were payable under the clause until..
Building Law Monthly
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Collateral warranty held not to be a construction contract
Online Published Date : 17 August 2021 | Appeared in issue: Vol 38 No 08 - 17 August 2021
In Toppan Holdings Ltd and Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) Ltd [2021] EWHC 2110 (TCC) Martin Bowdery QC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court, held that a collateral warranty given by the defendant to one of the..
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No valid assignment to subsequent transferee of property
Online Published Date : 17 August 2021 | Appeared in issue: Vol 38 No 08 - 17 August 2021
In Aviva Investors Ground Rent Group GP Ltd v Shepherd Construction Ltd [2021] EWHC 1921 (TCC) Jefford J held that the defendant was entitled to strike out the claimants’ application to join the original employer of the defendant as a party to the..
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Permission to amend particulars of claim
Online Published Date : 17 August 2021 | Appeared in issue: Vol 38 No 08 - 17 August 2021
In Standard Life Assurance Ltd v Gleeds (UK) (a firm) and Others [2021] EWHC 2081 (TCC) Fraser J considered an application to make a number of amendments to particulars of claim in a factually complex construction case. He gave permission to make..