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Witness Statements: The pen is mightier than the sword, but just watch out for whose pen it is!
December 2021BLUE MANCHESTER LIMITED v (1) BUG-ALU TECHNIC GMBH (2) SIMPSONHAUGH ARCHITECTS LIMITED [2021] EWHC 3095 (TCC) Background The case concerns the failure of shadow box units in the cladding of the Beetham Tower, Deansgate, Manchester. Blue Manchester Limited (“BML”) and DFL (the claimant in an associated action), both seek to recover damages from BUG-ALU Technic… Read More >
Reports from the Courts – December 2021
December 2021Our regular round up of court decisions of most interest to construction comes from Andrew Croft and Ben Spannuth who examine a case showing the importance of giving notice effectively when disputing a final statement; and an appeal court ruling confirming that enforcement of an adjudication decision by an insolvent claimant is possible, albeit in… Read More >
“Insurance Vernacular”: A Festive A-Z
December 2021Nothing in life comes for free, apart from my Christmas missive. There is, of course, a reason for that. So here it is. A Christmas gift which will keep on not giving, forever. Parsimony in perpetuity. You can print it off, place it in your pocket and bring it out to amuse friends and family… Read More >
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE – APPROVED INSPECTORS
November 2021As you will be aware, the professional indemnity insurance market has hardened in recent years and this trend looks set to continue. Challenges include significantly reduced capacity, increased premiums and restrictions in cover across the market. Following these recent trends, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (the “MHCLG”) pursuant to 47(6) of the… Read More >
Aggregation – the meaning of “one series of related acts or omissions”
November 2021In Baines and others v Dixon Coles & Gill and others (6 August 2021) the Court of Appeal held that claims made against a firm of solicitors for the misappropriation of client funds by a former dishonest partner could not be aggregated as one claim under the relevant professional indemnity insurance policy. The Court of… Read More >
International Arbitration Growing In Popularity Despite The Covid-19 Pandemic
November 2021Despite the ongoing disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the popularity of international arbitration continues to grow. Many of the leading arbitration centres have seen steady increases in referrals in recent years, with both the London Court of International Arbitration (‘LCIA’) and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (‘SIAC’) reporting record numbers of cases in 2020.… Read More >
Implications for Defendants and their Insurers – Lloyd v Google
November 2021Background In Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50, Mr Lloyd, former ‘Which’ magazine editor and FCA board member, claimed Google breached the Data Protection Act 1998 (“the DPA 1998”) through Google’s collection and sale of browser generated information from 4.4million iPhone users without their consent. Mr Lloyd sought to bring a class action against… Read More >
Court declares that the Environment Agency must take action to reduce emissions
November 2021We have been instructed in many cases by landfill site operators, where local communities expressed dissatisfaction with the Environment Agency’s regulation of a landfill site. Our experience is that the EA is rarely called to account. However, a recent case concerning a landfill site in Staffordshire suggest that Regulators are set to face closer scrutiny… Read More >
Cladding Claim avoids strike out
November 2021CASE REPORT: Crest Nicholson Operations Ltd & Anor v Grafik Architects Ltd & Anor [2021] EWHC 2948 (TCC) A recent unsuccessful application for strike out has shed light on the Court’s attitude towards the threshold for strike out in terms of lack of particularisation of a claim. The judgment made specific reference to this threshold… Read More >
Case Report: BASF Corporation & Ors v Carpmaels and Ransford
November 2021The claimants in this case claimed to have suffered US$1.2bn in lost profits from the defendant’s accepted failure to file an appeal in time against a patent revocation. In an interesting judgment dated 29 October, Mr Justice Adam Johnson held that the claimants failed to establish that a duty of care was owed to those… Read More >