Legal notes: The price of friendship
Lessons from a dispute between neighbours who fell out over garden design services provided for free
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Liability caps in new home warranties
Stuart Pemble summarises the Court of Appeal’s analysis of the liability cap
English contracts: talking a good game on good faith
Judges are taking an increasingly Confucian approach to good faith obligations in English contracts
Adjudication, insolvency and champerty
Stuart Pemble addresses a recent case on a confusing area of law
How the Grinch stole Legal Notes
Our Legal Notes team rounds up the year with a festive classic
Construction adjudication: caveat homeowner!
Lessons from a homeowner falling out with a builder over a claim that should never have got to court
Contract rectification, Winnie-the-Pooh style
Stuart Pemble channels the AA Milne character to discuss the important Court of Appeal judgment
The hard facts about loss of a chance
The High Court considers when and how to claim damages for the loss of a chance
Adjudication: Evidence of fraud can be used
What happens when there is evidence that an adjudicator’s decision was obtained fraudulently? A recent decision means that Stuart Pemble can answer that conundrum. Key points The Technology and Construction Court has clarified when fraud can be used to defeat an application to enforce an adjudicator’s award A separate Supreme Court judgment on fraud might […]
How contracts put good faith to the test
A recent high-profile High Court decision has resurrected the concept of relational contracting
