Building Law Monthly

In GMC Utilities Group Ltd v Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd [2026] EWHC 885 (TCC) Simon Lofthouse KC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court, held that a "subject to contract" stipulation which had been included in earlier correspondence..

In Baltimore Wharf SLP v Ballymore Properties Ltd and WSP UK Ltd [2026] EWHC 312 (TCC) it was held that the defendant was not entitled to summary judgment or to strike out the claimant's claim on the ground that the proceedings between the parties..

In RBH Building Contractors Ltd v James and Another [2026] EWCA Civ 511 the Court of Appeal set out a number of principles to be applied when deciding whether or not the "residential occupier" exception in section 106 of the Housing Grants,..