Cases by Year - 1997
 

45 cases found.

Date Issue   Judgment
17.12.1997 Duties of care owed by tenderers to investigate requirements of their potential client and propose workable solutions.   Comyn Ching (Sheffield) Ltd -v- Radius Plc
10.12.1997 Implication of terms for fitness for purpose in sub-contracts containing design content.   PSC Freyssinet Ltd -v- Byrne Brothers (Formwork) Ltd, 11 December 1996, 15CLD0924
03.12.1997 Third party rights to sue upon contract.   Strathford East Kilbride Ltd -v- HLM Design Ltd Outer House Court of Session, 24 July 1997
26.11.1997 Causation in the context of claims for damages.   Scandia Property (UK) Ltd -v- Thames Water Utilities Ltd, 30 July 1997. 1997 CILL1293
19.11.1997 Refusal to pay for works carried out defectively.   Barrett Steel Building Ltd -v- AMEC Construction Ltd, 3 March 1997. 15CLD1011
05.11.1997 Recovery of grant payments from Local Authorities following improvement works carried out under the Housing Acts.   Trustees of the Denis Rye Pension Fund and Another -v- Sheffield City Council The Times, 20th August 1997
22.10.1997 Under pricing of unit rates in bills of quantities.   Dudley Corporation -v- Parsons & Morrin Limited (1959) Building Contract Casebook 41 (1984), Building Industry News (17 Feb. 1967)
15.10.1997 Whether introducing other labour onto sub-contract work amounts to a repudiatory breach by the main contractor.   Sweatfield Ltd -v- Hathaway Roofing Ltd, 31 January 1997. 1997 CILL 1235
08.10.1997 Whether the ICE conditions give effective transfer of title in constructional plant upon the insolvency of the contractor.   Ian Clarke, administrator of Cosslett (Contractors) Ltd -v- Mid-Glamorgan County Council, 29 July 1997. 85 BLR
01.10.1997 Obtaining judgment in cases of refusal to pay an undisputed debt.   Halki Shipping Corporation -v- Sopex Oils Limited, Admiralty Court, 7 July 1997. 1997 CILL1278
24.09.1997 Effect of arbitration awards in name borrowing arbitrations.   o-Operative Wholesale Society Limited -v- Birse Construction Limited Court of Appeal, 9 July 1997. 1997CILL1281
17.09.1997 Whether employees may agree new terms and conditions with their new employer following a transfer of an undertaking.   Wilson and Others -v- St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council. Court of Appeal (unreported)
10.09.1997 Whether a statement of final account and final certificate can relieve the contractor of common law liabilities for breach of contract.   Borough of South Tyneside -v- John Mowlem and Company, ORB 15 May 1997
03.09.1997 Architects' duty of care towards third parties.   Machin -v- Adams and others, C.A. 7 May 1997 (unreported)
27.08.1997 Pleading of global claims.   Bernhards Rugby Landscapes -v- Stockley Park Consortium Limited, 7 February 1997, 82 BLR 39
20.08.1997 Duty of care of sub-contractors in respect of a loss caused by fire.   BT -v- James Thomson & Sons 13 December 1996 Court of Session Inner House. 82 BLR 1
13.08.1997 Recovery of the cost of putting right defects in building works in the absence of a contract.   Jacobs - v - Morton & Partners, 29 July 1994 72 BLR 92
06.08.1997 Responsibility of consultant to its client for cost management, over-certification and defective design.   Turner Page Music Ltd -v- Torres Design Associates Ltd ORB, 12th March 1997 CILL 1263
30.07.1997 Liability under performance bonds.   Oval 717 Limited -v- Aegon Insurance. ORB 5/6/97
16.07.1997 Liability of the management contractors under the JCT Standard Form.   Copthorne Hotels -v- Arup Associates and Others ORB, 20th May 1997 (unreported)
09.07.1997 Defining practical or substantial completion under the Standard Forms.   Emson Eastern Limited -v- EME Developments Limited (1991) QBD 55 BLR 114
02.07.1997 Tendering and award procedures for public works contracts.   R -v- Portsmouth City Council and others. CA 8th November 1996, 81 BLR 6
25.06.1997 Liability of consultants to contractors under design and build contracts.   Cliff Holdings -v- Parkman Buck Limited ORB, 6 August 1996 (unreported)
18.06.1997 Pricing of works where quantities alter from billed quantities.   Mitsui Construction Co Ltd -v- The Attorney General of Hong Kong, 10 Feb 1986, 33BLR7
04.06.1997 The use of letters of intent and whether precontract negotiations can assist in determining the existence of a contract.   VHE Construction v Alfred McAlpine Construction ORB (Unreported), 14th April 1997
21.05.1997 Recovery of economic loss following damage to third party property.   London Waste Ltd -v- AMEC Civil Engineering ORB, 20 March 1997 16 BLISS 7
14.05.1997 Limitation Act 1980. Continuing duty of engineer to advise client on its right to sue.   Blaenau Gwent Borough Council -v- Robinson Jones Partnership and Lock CE Ltd in Administration ORB, 27 March 1997, 17 BLISS 9
07.05.1997 Insurance and liability provisions of the JCT forms.   London Borough of Barking and Dagenham -v- Stamford Asphalt Company Ltd. Court of Appeal, 20 March 1997
30.04.1997 Definition of consequential loss.   British Sugar Plc v NEI Power Plant Projects Ltd ; QBD 20th December 1996, [1997] 13BLISS4
23.04.1997 Transfer of employee rights on re-tendered contracts.   Betts and Others -v- Brintell and KLM Court of Appeal, 26 March 1997 (unreported)
16.04.1997 Damage by flood water to properties adjacent to building operations.   Ellison and Headlong -v- The Ministry of Defence ORB 18 November 1996, [1997] 7 Bliss 13
09.04.1997 Transfer of employee rights on re-tendered local authority works and services.   Ayse Suzen -v- Zehnacker Gebaudereinigung GmbH ECJ C/13 95, 11 March 1997
02.04.1997 Whether an arbitrator can rule upon his own jurisdiction.   Delta Civil Engineering -v- London Docklands Development Corporation Court of Appeal 11 October 1996, [1997] 11 Bliss 2
26.03.1997 Implied reporting duties owed by a project manager to its client.   Chesham Properties Ltd -v- Bucknall Austin Project Management Services Ltd (ORB) 6 September 1996, [1996] 45 Bliss 4
19.03.1997 Payment of statutory interest following revised determination by an arbitrator.   AMEC Building Ltd -v- Cadmus Investment Company Ltd (ORB) 5 June 1996, (1996) 41 Bliss 5
12.03.1997 Interpretation of best endeavours clauses.   Leicestershire County Council -v- Warren Energy Ltd (ORB) 20 January 1997, 6 Bliss 5
05.03.1997 Liability for damage to sub contractor's works.   H L Smith Construction Ltd -v- W S Harvey (Decorators) plc ORB 16th December 1996, 5 Bliss 4
26.02.1997 Payment of quantum meruit where no contract in place.   Costain Tarmac Joint Venture -v- Zanen Dredging and Contracting 18 December 1996, 3 Bliss 10
19.02.1997 Whether a settlement between client and main contractor may be taken as the measure of damages in the related dispute with a sub-contractor.   Spirotec Engineering Ltd -v- Chiltern Engineering Ltd, Court of Appeal 4 March 1996
12.02.1997 Effect of a method statement submitted under an ICE contract.   Havant Borough Council -v- South Coast Shipping Co Ltd;11 January 1996, 1996 CILL 1146
05.02.1997 Responsibility for competing client and contractor design.   Norwest Holst Construction Limited -v- Renfrewshire Council 1996 GWD-40-2261
05.02.1997 Responsibility for competing client and contractor design.   Norwest Holst Construction Limited -v- Renfrewshire Council 1996 GWD-40-2261
22.01.1997 Payments of works contractors retentions following the insolvency of the management contractor.   P C Harrington Contractors Ltd -v- Co-partnership Developments Ltd and Others (Unreported), 18 December 1996
15.01.1997 Recovery of fixed overheads and profit on delayed projects.   Amec Building Ltd -v- Cadmus Investment Company Ltd, 5 June 1996
08.01.1997 Whether a meal ordered in a restaurant is a single contract or a series of separate contracts.   Coulter Mill Restaurants Ltd -v- Robert T Hogg. Sheriff's court, 7 November 1995