Triple Point: All The Points You Need To Know

29 July, 2021
In the long-awaited decision of Triple Point Technology, Inc. v PTT Public Company Ltd [2021] UKSC 29, the Supreme Court has overturned the Court of Appeal’s “radical re-interpretation of the case law on liquidated damages clauses” and has restored the orthodox interpretation of liquidated damages (“LDs”) clauses in the event that a contract is terminated … Read more

Owner’s termination of oral contract falls away in absence of a repudiatory breach

18 June, 2021
Significant construction projects often have contracts running to thousands of pages, yet still there is room for the parties to argue that other promises have been made orally, often in meetings on site. Important lessons concerning oral agreements can be learned from smaller construction projects where parties will sometimes agree all of the terms orally … Read more

Warranted Trends in Design Standards

04 June, 2021
Design-related obligations are at the core of any construction contract. Naturally, therefore, they tend to be the cause of much contention during negotiations. In this article, we consider significant recent developments concerning design-related obligations and their impact on the procurement of construction projects. Read more

English High Court holds that there should be no presumptions when construing clauses purporting to exclude or limit liability in the context of allegedly deliberate or repudiatory breach

20 May, 2021
Mott MacDonald Ltd v Trant Engineering Ltd [2021] EWHC 754 (TCC) concerned an application for summary judgment by Mott MacDonald Ltd (“Mott”) on whether the fundamental, deliberate and wilful breaches of contract alleged by Trant Engineering Ltd (“Trant”) fell within scope of the clauses limiting and restricting Mott’s liability. Trant took the position that the counterclaim … Read more

Case Digest: Court of Appeal finds conflict of interest where expert organisation was acting for and against same client on two separate but concurrent related arbitrations

10 February, 2021
In Secretariat Consulting PTE Ltd, Secretariat International UK Ltd and Secretariat Advisors LLC v A Company [2021] EWCA Civ 6, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the TCC’s decision in A Company v X, Y and Z [2020] EWHC 809 (TCC) and found that, on the facts, there was a conflict of interest … Read more

Order restored: High Court clarifies quantum meruit

10 October, 2019
After over a decade of uncertainty, the High Court yesterday reined in the use of the quantum meruit remedy. A majority of the Court found that builders can no longer seek compensation on a quantum meruit basis in relation to works where the builder has accrued a right to payment under the contract. While builders can commence a claim … Read more