Category: warranties

The Supreme Court on whether collateral warranties are construction contracts – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 18th, 2024 in construction industry, contracts, news, Supreme Court, warranties by michael

‘In Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Augusta 2008 LLP (formerly Simply Construct (UK) LLP) [2024] UKSC 23 the Supreme Court decided unanimously that the collateral warranty in issue was not a construction contract for the purposes of the 1996 Act and that most collateral warranties will also be regarded as the same. This overrules the decision of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) in Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Laing O’Rourke Wales and West Ltd [2013] EWHC 2665 (TCC). The Supreme Court’s judgment provides much-needed clarity for the industry.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 17th July 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Adjudication and Collateral Warranties – Supreme Court Decision in Abbey v Simply – 4 New Square

Posted July 17th, 2024 in chambers articles, construction industry, dispute resolution, news, Supreme Court, warranties by tracey

‘In this article, 4 New Square Chambers’ Douglas James considers the Supreme Court’s decision in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd (Respondent) v Augusta 2008 LLP (formerly Simply Construct (UK) LLP) (Appellant) [2024] UKSC 23 and its implications for adjudication business.’

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4 New Square, 15th July 2024

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Warranty Claims: notification provisions and contractual time limits – Guildhall Chambers

Posted June 13th, 2024 in chambers articles, contracts, news, time limits, warranties by sally

‘Clauses requiring written notice of a warranty or other claim to be given by a specified deadline are a common feature of share purchase and other sale agreements. Often they are followed by a requirement that any claim be commenced within a further specified period of the giving of any notice of claim.’

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Guildhall Chambers, 23rd May 2024

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Fight the Power: Court of Appeal on share sale notices – David Lascelles & Alexander Bryant – Littleton Chambers

Posted June 12th, 2024 in appeals, chambers articles, damages, news, shareholders, warranties by sally

‘A contractual notice of claim for breach of warranty under an SPA set out a legally flawed measure of loss. The Particulars of Claim follow suit. Can the Particulars then be amended to plead the correct measure? Or is the deficient notice fatal to the whole claim?’

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Littleton Chambers, 24th May 2024

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The use of hindsight in share sale breach of warranty claims – Littleton Chambers

Posted October 3rd, 2023 in chambers articles, damages, news, warranties by sally

‘On a share sale breach of warranty claim, will the court allow matters post-sale to influence quantum?’

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Littleton Chambers, 8th September 2023

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Collateral damage (again) – Parkwood and Toppan – Practical Law: Construction Blog

Posted September 3rd, 2021 in construction industry, contracts, interpretation, news, warranties by tracey

‘Doesn’t time fly. I can’t believe it is almost eight years since Practical Law published my blog on Parkwood Leisure Ltd v Laing O’Rourke Wales and West Ltd. As readers may recall, in that case Akenhead J decided that a collateral warranty (CW) given by Laing in favour of Parkwood was a construction contract for the purposes of the Construction Act 1996, and that accordingly Parkwood could pursue a defects claim under it by way of adjudication. I suggested that the decision was “simply wrong” and could have “highly undesirable ramifications” for the negotiation of CWs going forward. (After an initial flurry, it seems that I may have been wrong on the second count, but let’s draw a veil over that for now.).’

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Practical Law: Construction Blog, 2nd September 2021

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When is a collateral warranty a “construction contract”? – Practical Law: Construction Blog

Posted August 6th, 2021 in construction industry, contracts, dispute resolution, news, warranties by tracey

‘Or should that be, when is a collateral warranty not a construction contract? July was a busy month for TCC judgments, which makes the job of writing these blogs considerably easier. In addition to the fascinating judicial review cases being brought by the Good Law Project, one case that caught my eye was Timberbrook Ltd v Grant Leisure Group Ltd because it concerned the construction of a new orangutan enclosure at Blackpool Zoo. However, it is quite a detailed, merits-based judgment and, in the end, I plumped for the only TCC judgment (at least of those on BAILII) that concerned adjudication, Toppan Holdings Ltd and Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Simply Construct (UK) LLP.’

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Practical Law: Construction Blog, 3rd August 2021

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Court of Appeal interprets liability cap in a new home warranty – Practical Law Construction Blog

Posted January 24th, 2020 in appeals, building law, housing, insurance, interpretation, leases, limitations, news, standards, warranties by tracey

‘On 5 December 2019, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Manchikalapati and others v Zurich Insurance plc and East West Insurance Company Ltd. The underlying case concerned a large block of flats in Manchester that were seriously defective.’

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Practical Law Construction Blog, 22nd January 2020

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Claimant wanted to use draft ruling to extract settlement – Litigation Futures

Posted October 31st, 2019 in judgments, negligence, news, third parties, warranties by sally

‘A High Court judge has deprecated a claimant’s request for a third party to review a draft judgment so that it could have the chance to pay money to suppress publication.’

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Litigation Futures, 31st October 2019

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Bleak Choses? Trusting in equity – Practical Law: Construction Blog

Posted October 10th, 2019 in assignment, equity, news, third parties, trusts, warranties by tracey

‘For many common lawyers – certainly me – trusts and equity seem exotic things. At one point, I supposed the closest I would get to equity in action was by reading Bleak House, which in length and majesty even rivals some of the equity textbooks. But in this (as many other things) I was proved wrong. One cannot properly understand the law of assignment – a bedrock of the commercial construction lawyer’s practice – without comprehending equitable assignment. And it is at the outer fringes of assignment where one may bump – or even lapse – into trusts.’

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Practical Law: Construction Blog, 9th October 2019

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‘Common sense’ approach to notice taken in breach of warranty case – OUT-LAW.com

Posted March 28th, 2019 in aircraft, contracts, damages, news, warranties by sally

‘Triumph, the multinational aerospace company, has partially succeeded in a damages claim arising out of its 2013 acquisition of three businesses belonging to the components manufacturer Primus.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 26th March 2019

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Left Holding The Baby – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted August 9th, 2018 in agency, identity fraud, news, solicitors, warranties by sally

‘Given the frequency with which sophisticated fraudsters arrange for the sale of properties which they do not own, it is perhaps surprising that the question of who, amongst the professionals involved, bears the risk when it happens has not been considered sooner and more definitively. In 2010 the question came before the Court in Excel Securities PLC v Masood [2010] Lloyds Rep PN 165, but only on a summary judgment application. HHJ Hegarty QC (sitting as a High Court Judge) held that the question of whether a solicitor purporting to act for the owner of a property warranted the identity of his client could not be answered in the abstract, and was not a suitable matter for summary judgment. A warranty of authority is an implied obligation arising as a matter of contract in particular circumstances, so it is not possible to determine the scope of any such warranty without a detailed consideration of the facts. Generally, however, a solicitor’s warranty extends to the fact that he has the authority of the person who has instructed him, but not as to the identity of that person.’

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Hardwicke Chambers, 31st July 2018

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Not with a Whisper but a Bang: the new insurance laws in a Professional Indemnity Context – Hailsham Chambers

Posted November 22nd, 2017 in contracting out, contracts, disclosure, insurance, limitations, news, statute law revision, third parties, time limits, warranties by sally

‘The changes of last August and the impending Enterprise Act 2016 changes for May of next year will transform the way we have to look at insurance contracts generally and, if our insurer clients’ underwriting departments have not substantially rewritten their proposal forms and policy documents, we can anticipate a few years of ongoing law making.’

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Hailsham Chambers, 3rd November 2017

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Promises about one’s principal: breach of warranty of authority and the case of P&P Property Ltd v Owen White & Catlin LLP – Hardwicke Chambers

Posted November 10th, 2016 in fraud, law firms, negligence, news, warranties by sally

‘If a solicitor executes a contract to sell “1 The Mall” that identifies the seller as “Mr Bloggs of 1 The Mall” (Mr Bloggs being the registered proprietor of that property), does the solicitor thereby promise to the buyer:

1. that she has authority to sell the property from the actual Mr Bloggs, the true owner of 1 The Mall? Or
2. that her client was someone who told her he was Mr Bloggs and that he owned 1 The Mall?’

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Hardwicke Chambers, 4th November 2016

Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk

Court confirms that limitation of liability clauses in acquisition documentation will be interpreted strictly – OUT-LAW.com

Posted March 29th, 2016 in accountants, limitations, news, shareholders, time limits, warranties by sally

‘A 20-day time limit within which claims for breaches of warranty as part of a share purchase agreement (SPA) had to be raised only began running once the buyer was aware of the “proper basis for a claim”, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 29th March 2016

Source: www.out-law.com

Aberystwyth man wins Apple Watch warranty court battle – BBC News

Posted February 3rd, 2016 in consumer protection, news, sale of goods, warranties by sally

‘A man from Ceredigion has successfully sued Apple after his watch broke – forcing the company to change its product description.’

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BBC News, 2nd February 2016

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Insurance surgery: A new regime – New Law Journal

Posted October 23rd, 2014 in bills, contracts, damages, disclosure, fraud, insurance, news, warranties by sally

‘The Insurance Bill may alter centuries old law on disclosure by commercial policyholders, warranties & remedies for fraud & place more emphasis on active underwriting, says James Deacon.’

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New Law Journal, 23rd October 2014

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Ageas (UK) Ltd v Kwik-Fit (GB) Ltd and another – WLR Daily

Posted October 7th, 2014 in damages, law reports, shareholders, valuation, warranties by sally

Ageas (UK) Ltd v Kwik-Fit (GB) Ltd and another [2014] EWHC 2178 (QB); [2014] WLR (D) 407

‘It is was permissible to depart from the prima facie rule that damages following a breach of warranty in a share sale agreement were to be assessed at the date of breach and so to take into account events which had occurred after that date, where such departure was necessary to give effect to the overriding compensatory principle of assessment of damages.’

WLR Daily, 4th July 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Amlin Corporate Member Ltd and others v Oriental Assurance Corpn (No 2) – WLR Daily

Posted August 12th, 2014 in appeals, contracts, insurance, law reports, ships, warranties by sally

Amlin Corporate Member Ltd and others v Oriental Assurance Corpn (No 2) [2014] EWCA Civ 1135; [2014] WLR (D) 373

‘A reinsurance contract containing an express warranty clause, which provided that the carrying vessel should not sail out of port when there was a typhoon warning at that port or where the vessel’s destination or intended route might be within the possible path of the typhoon, was breached when a vessel did sail into a typhoon and the cargo was lost, and the reinsurers were not liable for the loss of cargo claimed under the contract.’

WLR Daily, 7th August 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Genesis Housing Association Ltd v Liberty Syndicate Management Ltd for and on behalf of Liberty Syndicate 4472 at Lloyd’s – WLR Daily

Posted October 8th, 2013 in appeals, construction industry, contracts, housing, insurance, law reports, warranties by sally

Genesis Housing Association Ltd v Liberty Syndicate Management Ltd for and on behalf of Liberty Syndicate 4472 at Lloyd’s [2013] EWCA Civ 1173; [2013] WLR (D) 368

“The inadvertent naming of the wrong builder in a proposal form for insurance against latent defects including cover for the insolvency of the builder during the construction of social housing units, constituted a breach of warranty entitling the insurers to avoid the policy.”

WLR Daily, 4th October 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk