Dispatch - Contract issues - 2008 archive

Diamond Build Ltd v Clapham Park Homes Ltd

Issue 98 - August 2008 (click to download pdf)

Is it negligent practice not to make specific provision for liquidated damages in a contract?

RTS Flexible Systems Ltd v Molkerei Alois Müller GmbH & Co KG (UK Productions)

Issue 96 - June 2008 (click to download pdf)

Yet another example of the "perils of proceeding with work under a Letter of Intent". The decision at first instance was overturned by the CA - see issue 105. Both decisions were then over ruled by the Supreme Court - see issue 118.

Spiersbridge Property Developments Ltd v Muir Construction Ltd

Issue 94 - April 2008 (click to download pdf)

Where a demand has been made under a Bond, and payment made in full, was the receiving party obliged to account for th3se sums received under that Bond?

Reinwood Ltd v L Brown & Sons Ltd

Issue 93 - March 2008 (click to download pdf)

What is the purpose of the payment provisions of the HGCRA?

W.F. Price (Roofing) Ltd v Primebuild Ltd

Issue 92 - February 2008 (click to download pdf)

Did the sub-contract contain a time bar in respect of the submission of the necessary documents for the sub-contractor's final account?

City Inn Ltd v Shepherd Construction Ltd

Issue 91 - January 2008 (click to download pdf)

Where there is true concurrency, is it ever appropriate to apportion responsibility for the delay between the two competing causes? See Issue 122 for the view of the Scottish Court of Appeal.