Case Updates

We understand our clients are busy but at the same time want to stay up-to-date with developments in construction case law. So here are some of our thoughts on what the courts have recently had to say, which may be of interest to you.

Update	Subject	Case
September 2012	Project Managers and all users of letters of intent: Be scared, be very scared...	Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey Trust and Turner & Townsend Project Management Limited
May 2011	Construction Experts' Immunity Lifted	Jones v Kaney [2011]
October 2010	A spectrum of endeavours	CPC Group Ltd v Qatari Diar Real Estate Ltd [2010] EWHC 1535 (Ch)
September 2010	Adjudication near the end of limitation	Jim Ennis Construction Ltd v Premier Asphalt Ltd [2009]
August 2010	Tender Price Omissions - The consequences of ignoring a sub-contractor's mistake	Traditional Structures Limited v H W Construction Limited
June 2010	Court of Appeal rules parties are not bound by unsigned guarantee	Investec Bank (UK) Limited v Zulman and another (2010)
May 2010	s105(2) of the Construction Act and an Adjudicator's Jurisdiction	Cleveland Bridge (UK) Limited v Whessoe-Volker Stevin Joint Venture
April 2010	Letters of intent: yet more problems!	RTS Flexible Systems Limited v Molkerei Alois Müller Gmbh & Company [2010] UKSC 14
March 2010	The slip rule	Rok Building Limited v Celtic Composting Systems Limited (No.2) [2010] EWHC 66
February 2010	To amend or not to amend?	Fenice Investments Inc v Jerram Falkus Construction Limited [2009]
January 2010	Natural justice & a cautionary tale on costs	Cynthia Jacques and Elise Jacques Grombach (trading as C&E Jacques Partnership) v Ensign Contractors Limited
December 2009	Insolvency Rules 1986 & adjudication	Enterprise Managed Services Limited v McFadden Utilities Limited
November 2009	Defective Premises Act 1972 & an update on duties	Bole & Anor v Huntsbuild Ltd & Anor
October 2009	Withholding Notices - still a hot topic	Windglass Windows Ltd v Capital Skyline Construction Ltd and another 2009 (TCC)