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Figure 3.1: Contractual relationships in general contracting......................	33
Figure 4.1: Contractual relationships in design-build.................................	54
Figure 5.1: Contractual relationships in construction management ...........	70
Figure 7.1: Typical contractual networks in a construction project .........	102
Figure 7.2: A decision-led approach to contracting methods...................	104
Figure 7.3: Client’s relative level of involvement....................................	108
Figure 7.4: Separation of design from management.................................	109
Figure 7.5: Capacity for variations...........................................................	110
Figure 7.6: Clarity of client’s contractual remedies .................................	111
Figure 7.7: Complexity of projects...........................................................	112
Figure 7.8: Speed from inception to completion ......................................	113
Figure 7.9: Certainty of price ...................................................................	114
Figure 19.1: Chain of contracts ................................................................	320
Figure 19.2: Collateral warranties ............................................................	321

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Table of cases

A & D Maintenance and Construction Ltd v Pagehurst Construction
Services Ltd [1999] CILL 1518.	393
Abrams (J & JC) Ltd v Ancliffe [1978] 2 NZLR 420.	137
Adyard Abu Dhabi v SD Marine Services [2011] EWHC 848
(Comm); [2011] BLR 384.	219
Alfred McAlpine Capital Projects Ltd v Tilebox Ltd [2006] BLR 271.	338
Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd v Panatown Ltd (1998) 88 BLR
67.	357
Alliance Concrete Singapore Pte Ltd v Sato Kogyo Pte Ltd [2014]
SGCA 35.	378
Alstom Transport v Eurostar International Ltd [2012] EWHC 28
(Ch).	154
AMEC Civil Engineering Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport
[2005] BLR 227.	302
Amec Civil Engineering Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport
[2005] EWCA Civ 291.	296
Ampleforth Abbey Trust v Turner & Townsend Project Management
Ltd [2012] EWHC 2137 (TCC).	167, 293, 335
Andrews v Schooling [1991] 3 All ER 723.	351
Anglian Building Products Ltd v W & C French (Construction) Ltd
(1972) 16 BLR 1.	344
Anns v Merton LBC [1978] AC 728.	348, 353
Architectural Installation Services Ltd v James Gibbons Windows
Ltd (1989) 46 BLR 91.	363, 371
Archivent Sales and Developments Ltd v Strathclyde Regional
Council (1984) 27 BLR 98.	186, 318
Ascon Contracting Ltd v Alfred McAlpine Construction Isle of Man
Ltd (2000) 66 Con LR 119.	212
Ashville Investments Ltd v Elmer Contractors Ltd [1988] 2 All ER
577.	400
Austin Hall Building Ltd v Buckland Securities Ltd [2001] BLR 272.	392
Azimut-Benetti SpA v Darrell Marcus Healey [2010] EWHC
(Comm).	337
Babcock Energy Ltd v Lodge Sturtevant Ltd [1994] CILL 981.	261
Bacal Construction (Midlands) Ltd v Northampton Development
Corporation (1975) 8 BLR 88.	195
Balfour Beatty Building Ltd v Chestermount Properties Ltd (1993)
62 BLR 1.	225
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering v Technical & General Guarantee
Co Ltd [2000] CILL 1574.	279
Balfour Beatty Construction (Scotland) Ltd v Scottish Power plc
[1994] CILL 925.	332

xii Construction contracts
Banco De Portugal v Waterlow & Sons Ltd [1932] AC 452.	311
Barclays Bank plc v Fairclough Building Ltd (1994) 68 BLR 1.	173
Barking and Dagenham LBC v Terrapin Construction Ltd [2000]
BLR 479.	298
Barnard Pipeline Technology Ltd v Marton Construction Co Ltd
[1992] CILL 743.	166, 167
Barnes & Elliott Ltd v Taylor Woodrow Holdings Ltd [2004] BLR
111.	397
Beaufort Developments (NI) Ltd v Gilbert-Ash NI Ltd (1998) 88
BLR 1.	298, 363
Beck Interiors Ltd v UK Flooring Contractors Ltd [2012] EWHC
1808 (TCC).	398
Beeston v Marriott (1864) 8 LT 690.	185
Bell (A) & Son (Paddington) Ltd v CBF Residential Care & Housing
Association (1989) 46 BLR 102.	299
Bernhard’s Rugby Landscapes Ltd v Stockley Park Consortium Ltd
(1997) 82 BLR 39.	251
BFI Group of Companies Ltd v DCB Integration Systems Ltd [1987]
CILL 348.	339, 401
Bickerton v North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board
[1977] 1 All ER 977.	120
BL Holdings Ltd v Robert J Wood & Partners (1979) 12 BLR 1.	203
Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool BC [1990] 3 All ER
25.	152
Blue Circle Industries plc v Holland Dredging Co (UK) Ltd (1987)
37 BLR 40, CA.	43, 110, 237
Bolton v Mahadeva [1972] 2 All ER 1322.	367
Bottoms v York Corporation (1892) HBC 4th ed, ii, 208.	194
Bouygues UK Ltd v Dahl-Jensen UK Ltd [2000] BLR 49.	396
Bradley (DR) (Cable Jointing) Ltd v Jefco Mechanical Services Ltd
(1988) 6-CLD-07-19.	308, 366
Bradley v Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd [1989] 1 All ER 961.	268
Brican Fabrications Ltd v Merchant City Developments Ltd [2003]
BLR 512.	316
Brickfield Properties Ltd v Newton [1971] 3 All ER 328.	202
Brightside Kilpatrick Engineering Services v Mitchell Construction
Ltd (1973) 1 BLR 62.	169, 346
Brightside Mechanical & Electrical Services Group Ltd v Hyundai
Engineering & Construction Co Ltd (1988) 41 BLR 110.	315
British Steel Corporation v Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co Ltd
[1984] 1 All ER 504.	135
British Telecommunications plc v James Thomson and Sons
(Engineers) Ltd [1999] BLR 35.	312
British Westinghouse Electric Co Ltd v Underground Electric
Railways [1912] AC 673.	333
Bruno Zornow (Builders) Ltd v Beechcroft Developments Ltd (1989)
51 BLR 16.	171, 214
Bryan & Langley Ltd v Boston [2005] BLR 508.	135

Table of cases xiii
Bryant & Sons Ltd v Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund [1938] 1
All ER 503.	195
Bryen & Langley Ltd v Boston [2005] BLR 508.	392
BWP (Architectural) Ltd v Beaver Building Systems Ltd (1988) 42
BLR 86.	346
C & P Haulage v Middleton [1983] 3 All ER 94.	336
Cantrell v Wright & Fuller Ltd [2003] BLR 412.	299
Carillion Construction Ltd v Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd [2006]
BLR 15.	396
Carr v JA Berriman Pty Ltd (1953) 89 CLR 327.	188, 365
Central Provident Fund Board v Ho Bock Kee (1981) 17 BLR 21
(Singapore).	371
Chambers v Goldthorpe [1901] 1 KB 624.	301
Chandler Bros Ltd v Boswell [1963] 2 All ER 179.	168
Channel Tunnel Group Ltd v Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd [1992]
2 All ER 609.	361
Chaplin v Hicks (1911) 2 KB 786.	335
Charon (Finchley) Ltd v Singer Sewing Machine Ltd (1968) 207 EG
140.	273
Chesham Properties Ltd v Bucknall Austin Project Management
Services Ltd (1996) 82 BLR 92.	288
Chester Grosvenor Hotel Co Ltd v Alfred McAlpine Management
Ltd (1991) 56 BLR 115.	166, 167
Chichester Joinery Ltd v John Mowlem & Co plc (1987) 42 BLR
100.	139
City Inn Ltd v Shepherd Construction Ltd [2010] BLR 473.	219
Clayton v Woodman & Son (Builders) Ltd [1962] 2 QB 533.	291
Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd v Severfield - Rowen Structures Ltd [2012]
EWHC 3652 (TCC).	310
Clydebank District Water Trustees v Fidelity Deposit of Maryland
1916 SC (HL) 69.	281
Commissioner for Main Roads v Reed & Stuart Pty Ltd (1974) 12
BLR 55.	188, 241
Compact Metal Industries Ltd v PPG Industries (Singapore) Pty Ltd
[2012] SCHC 91.	262
Computer & Systems Engineering plc v John Lelliott (Ilford) Ltd
(1990) 54 BLR 1, CA.	223
Concorde Construction Co Ltd v Colgan Co Ltd (1984) 29 BLR 120.	247
Convent Hospital v Eberlin & Partners (1990) 14 Con LR 1.	278
Cook Islands Shipping Co Ltd v Colson Builders Ltd [1975] 1 NZLR
422.	154
Coombe v Green (1843) 11 M&W 480.	189
Cooper v Langdon (1841) 9 M&W 60.	284
Cooperative Group Ltd v John Allen Associates Ltd [2010] EWHC
2300 (TCC).	334
Co-operative Insurance Society Ltd v Henry Boot (Scotland) Ltd
(2003) 84 Con LR 164.	158

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Co-operative Retail Services Ltd v Taylor Young Partnership [2002]
1 WLR 1419.	275
Cort v Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston & Eastern Junction Railway
Co (1851) 17 QB 127.	366
Cosslett (Contractors) Ltd v Mid-Glamorgan CC (1997) 85 BLR 1.	186
Costain Civil Engineering Ltd v Zanen Dredging and Contracting
Co Ltd (1996) 85 BLR 77.	342
Costain Ltd & Ors v Bechtel Ltd & Anor [2005] EWHC 1018
(TCC).	296
Costain Ltd v Charles Haswell & Partners Ltd [2009] EWHC B25
(TCC).	334
Courtney & Fairbairn Ltd v Tolaini Brothers (Hotels) Ltd [1975] 1
All ER 716.	138
Crestar Ltd v Carr (1987) 37 BLR 113.	413
Crosby (J) & Sons Ltd v Portland UDC (1967) 5 BLR 126.	251
Croshaw v Pritchard (1899) 16 TLR 45.	137
Croudace Construction Ltd v Cawoods Concrete Products Ltd
(1978) 8 BLR 20.	256
Crown Estate Commissioners v John Mowlem & Co Ltd (1994) 70
BLR 1.	176, 297
D & F Estates Ltd v Church Commissioners for England [1988] 2
All ER 992.	313, 348
Darlington BC v Wiltshier Northern Ltd (1994) 69 BLR 1.	356
Davies (A) & Co (Shopfitters) Ltd v William Old Ltd (1969) 67 LGR
395.	140
Davies Middleton & Davies Ltd v Toyo Engineering Corporation
(1997) 85 BLR 59.	413
Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham UDC [1956] AC 696.	377
Davis v Foots [1940] 1 KB 116.	348
Dawber Williamson Roofing Ltd v Humberside CC (1979) 14 BLR
70.	186, 317
Dawnays Ltd v FG Minter Ltd [1971] 2 All ER 1389.	345
Dawson v Great Northern & City Railway Co [1905] 1 KB 260.	356
Day v Ost [1973] 2 NZLR 385.	290
Dhamija v Sunningdale Joineries Ltd [2010] EWHC 2396.	294, 296
Dillingham Ltd v Downs [1972] 2 NSWLR 49.	195
Discain Project Services Ltd v Opecprime Development Ltd (No 2)
[2001] BLR 285.	397
Discain Project Services Ltd v Opecprime Development Ltd [2000]
BLR 402.	397
Dodd Properties (Kent) Ltd v Canterbury CC [1980] 1 All ER 928.	333
Dodd v Churton [1897] 1 QB 562.	218
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562.	348
Douglas (RM) Construction Ltd v Bass Leisure Ltd (1990) 53 BLR
119.	345
Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co Ltd v New Garage & Motor Co Ltd
[1915] AC 79.	337
Dunnett v Railtrack plc [2002] 2 All ER 850.	385

Table of cases xv
Dutton v Bognor Regis UDC [1972] 1 QB 373.	348
Dyer (E R) Ltd v Simon Build/Peter Lind Partnership (1982) 23
BLR 23.	308, 316
Earth & General Contracts Ltd v Manchester Corporation (1958)
108 LJ 665.	365
East Ham BC v Bernard Sunley & Sons Ltd [1966] AC 406.	291, 332
Eckersley v Binnie & Partners (1990) 18 Con LR 1.	202
Eckersley v Mersey Docks and Harbour Board [1894] 2 QB 667.	404
Edward Owen Engineering Ltd v Barclays Bank International Ltd
[1978] QB 159.	279
Edwards v Skyways [1964] 1 WLR 349.	135
Ellis-Don Ltd v Parking Authority of Toronto (1978) 28 BLR 98.	262
Emson Eastern Ltd v EME Developments Ltd (1991) 55 BLR 114.	213
English Industrial Estates Corporation v George Wimpey & Co Ltd
(1972) 7 BLR 122.	120, 165
Equitable Debenture Assets Corporation v Moss (1984) 2 Con LR 1.	206
Eriksson v Whalley [1971] 1 NSWLR 397 (Australia).	371
Eurico SpA v Philipp Bros., The Epaphus [1987] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 215,
CA.	117
Fairclough Building Ltd v Port Talbot BC (1992) 62 BLR 82.	152
Fee (J & J) Ltd v Express Lift Co Ltd [1993] CILL 840.	315
Felton v Wharrie (1906) HBC 4th ed, Vol 2, 398.	364
Ferguson (DO) & Associates v Sohl (1992) 62 BLR 95.	334
Fillite (Runcorn) Ltd v Aqua-Lift (1989) 45 BLR 27.	400
Finnegan (JF) Ltd v Community Housing Asociation Ltd (1993) 65
BLR 103.	247
Finnegan (JF) Ltd v Sheffield CC (1988) 43 BLR 124.	262, 263
Florida Hotels Pty Ltd v Mayo (1965) 113 CLR 588.	291
Forsikringsaktieselskapet Vesta v Butcher [1988] 2 All ER 43.	173
Francis v Cockrell (1870) LR 5 QB 501.	200
Frederick Mark Ltd v Schield (1971) 1 BLR 32.	345
Freeman v Hensler (1900) 64 JP 260.	189, 210
Geldof Metaalconstructie NV v Simon Carves Ltd [2010] EWCA Civ
667.	343
George E Taylor & Co Ltd v G Percy Trentham Ltd (1980) 16 BLR
15.	344
Gibson Lea Retail Interiors Ltd v Makro Self-Service Wholesalers
Ltd [2001] BLR 407.	134
Gilbert-Ash (Northern) Ltd v Modern Engineering (Bristol) Ltd
[1974] AC 689.	338, 345
GLC v Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co Ltd (1984) 34 BLR 50.	211, 368
GLC v Ryarsh Brick Co Ltd [1985] CILL 200.	327
Gleeson (MJ) (Contractors) Ltd v Hillingdon London Borough
(1970) 215 EG 165.	165
Glenlion Construction Ltd v Guinness Trust (1987) 39 BLR 89.	190
Gloucestershire CC v Richardson [1969] 1 AC 480.	178
Gold Group Properties Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2010] EWHC 323
(TCC), [2010] BLR 235.	378

xvi Construction contracts
Gold v Patman & Fotheringham Ltd [1958] 2 All ER 497.	165, 273
Goodwin v Fawcett (1965) 175 EG 27.	371
Goodwins, Jardine & Co v Brand (1905) 7 F (Ct of Sess) 995.	168
GPT Realizations Ltd v Panatown Ltd (1992) 61 BLR 88.	247
Great Eastern Hotel Co Ltd v John Laing Construction Ltd (2005)
99 Con LR 45	73
Greater Nottingham Co-operative Society Ltd v Cementation Piling
& Foundations Ltd [1988] 2 All ER 971.	328
Greaves & Co (Contractors) Ltd v Baynham Meikle and Partners
[1975] 3 All ER 99.	199
GUS Property Management Ltd v Littlewoods Mail Order Stores Ltd
1982 SLT 533.	355, 356
Hackney Empire Ltd v Aviva Insurance UK Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ
1716.	281
Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 Exch 341.	331
Halki Shipping Corp v Sopex Oils Ltd [1997] 3 All ER 833.	413
Hampton v Glamorgan CC [1917] AC 13.	316
Hanak v Green [1958] 2 QB 9.	343
Hanson (W) (Harrow) Ltd v Rapid Civil Engineering Ltd and
Usborne Developments Ltd (1987) 38 BLR 106.	185, 318
Harbour and General Works Ltd v Environment Agency [1999] BLR
409.	413
Hargreaves (B) Ltd v Action 2000 Ltd (1992) 62 BLR 72.	344
Harmon CFEM Facades (UK) Ltd v Corporate Officer of the House
of Commons (2000) 67 Con LR 1.	154
Harrison v Shepherd Homes Ltd [2011] EWHC 1811 (TCC).	358
Harvela Investments Ltd v Royal Trust Co of Canada [1986] AC
207.	152
Harvey Shopfitters Ltd v ADI Ltd [2004] All ER 982.	135
Hawkins v Chrysler (UK) Ltd and Burne Associates (1986) 38 BLR
36.	200
Hedley Byrne & Co Ltd v Heller & Partners Ltd [1964] AC 465.	173, 349
Henderson v Merrett Syndicates Ltd [1994] 3 All ER 506.	172
Henry Boot Building Ltd v Croydon Hotel & Leisure Co Ltd (1985)
36 BLR 41.	247
Henry Boot Construction Ltd v Central Lancashire New Town
Development Corporation (1980) 15 BLR 1.	182
Henry Brothers (Magherafelt) Ltd v Department of Education [2012]
BLR 36.	154
Herschel Engineering Ltd v Breen Property Ltd (2000) 70 Con LR 1.	393
Heyman v Darwins Ltd [1942] AC 356.	401
Hickman & Co v Roberts [1913] AC 229.	299
Higgins (W) Ltd v Northampton Corporation [1927] 1 Ch 128.	141
Hill (J M) & Sons Ltd v Camden LBC (1980) 18 BLR 31.	367, 371
Hills Electrical & Mechanical plc v Dawn Construction Ltd 2004
SLT 477.	230
Hobbs v Turner (1902) 18 TLR 235.	316
Hoenig v Isaacs [1952] 2 All ER 176.	212, 367

Table of cases xvii
Holme v Guppy (1838) 3 M&W 387.	191, 210
Hoskisson v Moody Homes Ltd (1989) CSW, 25 May, 69.	407
Hounslow LBC v Twickenham Garden Developments Ltd [1971] Ch
253.	225, 364
Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Costain Management Design Ltd
(1991) 55 BLR 123.	238
Hunt v Bishop (1853) 8 Exch 675.	189
Hutchinson v Harris (1978) 10 BLR 19.	333
Imperial Chemical Industries plc v Bovis Construction Ltd (1992) 32
Con LR 90.	251
Imperial College of Science & Technology v Norman & Dawbarn
(1987) 8 Con LR 107.	292
Independent Broadcasting Authority v EMI Electronics Ltd and
BICC Construction Ltd (1980) 14 BLR 1.	200, 203
Investors in Industry Ltd v South Bedfordshire DC [1986] 1 All ER
787.	27, 205, 291
J. Jarvis & Sons Ltd v Castle Wharf Developments Ltd (2001) 17
Const LJ 430.	290
Jacobs v Morton & Partners [1994] CILL 965.	350
James Longley & Co Ltd v South West Thames RHA (1983) 127 SJ
597.	265
Jenson & Anor v Faux (Rev 1) [2011] EWCA Civ 423.	351
John Mowlem & Co Ltd v British Insulated Callenders Pension
Trust Ltd (1977) 3 Con LR 64.	165
John Mowlem & Co plc v Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd (1992) 62
BLR 126.	193, 302
Junior Books Ltd v Veitchi Co Ltd [1983] 1 AC 520.	328
Kelly Pipelines Ltd v British Gas plc (1989) 48 BLR 126.	308, 315
Kensington & Chelsea & Westminster AHA v Wettern Composites
Ltd [1985] 1 All ER 346.	286
Killby & Gayford Ltd v Selincourt Ltd (1973) 3 BLR 104.	168
Kingdom v Cox (1848) 5 CB 522.	366
Kitsons Sheet Metal Ltd v Matthew Hall Mechanical and Electrical
Engineers Ltd (1989) 47 BLR 82.	211
Lane Group plc v Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd [2011] EWCA
Civ 1617.	397
Laserbore Ltd v Morrison Biggs Wall Ltd [1993] CILL 896.	341
Leander Construction Ltd v Mulalley & Company Ltd [2011] EWHC
3449 (TCC).	310
Leander Construction Ltd v Mullaley and Company Ltd. [2011]
EWHC 3449 (TCC); [2012] BLR 152.	211
Lee v West [1989] EGCS 160.	312
Leedsford Ltd v Bradford Corp (1956) 24 BLR 49.	306
Leicester Board of Guardians v Trollope (1911) 75 JP 197.	286
Leon Engineering & Construction Co Ltd v Ka Duk Investment Co
Ltd (1989) 47 BLR 139.	302
Levolux AT Ltd v Ferson Contractors Ltd (2003) 86 Con LR 98.	396
Lewis v Brass (1877) 3 QBD 667.	138

xviii Construction contracts
Liberty Syndicate Management & Anor v Campagna Ltd & Anor
[2011] EWHC 209 (TCC).		292
Linden Gardens Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Disposals Ltd (1990) 52
BLR 93.		356
Linden Gardens Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Disposals Ltd (1993) 63
BLR 1.		355
Lindenberg v Canning (1992) 62 BLR 147.		206
Linklaters Business Services v Sir Robert McAlpine [2010] EWHC
2931 (TCC).		350
Lockland Builders Ltd v Rickwood (1995) 77 BLR 38.		363
Lodder v Slowey [1904] AC 442.		342
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham v Stamford Asphalt Co
Ltd (1997) 82 BLR 25.		312
London, Chatham & Dover Railway Co v South Eastern Railway Co
[1893] AC 429.		263
LRE Engineering Services Ltd v Otto Simon Carves Ltd (1981) 24
BLR 127.		210
Lubenham Fidelities & Investments v S Pembrokeshire DC (1986)
33 BLR 39.		299
MacJordan Construction Ltd v Brookmount Erostin Ltd (1991) 56
BLR 1.		247
Macob Civil Engineering Ltd v Morrison Construction Ltd [1999]
BLR 93		395
Marshall v Mackintosh (1898) 78 LT 750.		367
Marston Construction Co Ltd v Kigass Ltd (1989) 46 BLR 109.		152
Martin Grant & Co Ltd v Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co Ltd (1984) 29
BLR 31.		190, 308, 315
Matthew Hall Ortech Ltd v Tarmac Roadstone Ltd (1997) 87 BLR
96.		298, 299
Mayfield Holdings Ltd v Moana Reef Ltd [1973] 1 NZLR 309.		365
McAlpine Humberoak Ltd v McDermott International Inc (No 1)
(1992) 58 BLR 1, CA.		43, 237
McGlinn v Waltham Contractors [2007] EWHC 149 (TCC).		292
Mellowes Archital Ltd v Bell Projects Ltd (1997) 87 BLR 26.		344
Melville Dundas Ltd v George Wimpey UK Ltd [2007] 1 WLR 1136.		371
Mersey Steel & Iron Co v Naylor, Benzon & Co (1884) 9 App Cas
434.		366
Mertens v Home Freeholds Co Ltd [1921] 2 KB 526.		334
Merton LBC v Lowe & Another (1981) 18 BLR 130.		202, 205
Merton LBC v Stanley Hugh Leach Ltd (1985) 32 BLR 51.	188, 193, 251, 255
Metropolitan Water Board v Dick, Kerr & Co Ltd [1918] AC 119.		378
Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust v Compass Group UK and
Ireland Ltd (t/a Medirest) [2013] EWCA Civ 200 (15 March
2013)		86
Mid-Glamorgan CC v J Devonald Williams & Partner (1991) 8
Const LJ 61.		251
Miller v LCC (1934) 50 TLR 479.		225

Table of cases xix
Minter (FG) Ltd v Welsh Health Technical Services Organization
(1979) 11 BLR 1.	301
Minter (FG) Ltd v Welsh Health Technical Services Organization
(1980) 13 BLR 1.	256, 264
Mitsui Babcock Energy Ltd v John Brown Engineering Ltd (1996) 51
Con LR 129.	138
Modern Building (Wales) Ltd v Limmer & Trinidad Co Ltd [1975] 1
WLR 1281.	169
Mondel v Steel (1841) 8 M&W 858.	344
Monk Construction Ltd v Norwich Union Life Assurance Society
(1992) 62 BLR 107.	136
Moores v Yakely Associates Ltd (1998) 62 Con LR 76.	167
Moresk Cleaners Ltd v Hicks (1966) 4 BLR 50.	204
Morrison-Knudsen International Co Inc v Commonwealth of
Australia (1972) 13 BLR 114.	195
Morse v Barratt (Leeds) Ltd (1992) 9 Const LJ 158.	349
Mottram Consultants Ltd v Bernard Sunley and Sons Ltd (1974) 2
BLR 28.	166, 346
Mowlem v British Insulated Callenders Pension Trust (1977) 3 Con
LR 64.	206
Murdoch v Luckie (1897) 15 NZLR 296.	219
Murphy v Brentwood DC [1990] 2 All ER 908.	328, 349
National Trust v Haden Young Ltd (1994) 72 BLR 1.	312
Nene Housing Society Ltd v National Westminster Bank Ltd (1980)
16 BLR 22.	279
Neodox Ltd v Swinton & Pendlebury UDC (1958) 5 BLR 34.	253
Nevill (HW) (Sunblest) Ltd v William Press & Sons Ltd (1982) 20
BLR 78.	213
Newham LBC v Taylor Woodrow (Anglian) Ltd (1981) 19 BLR 99.	203
Nin Hing Electronic Engineering Ltd v Aoki Corporation (1987) 40
BLR 107.	315
Nitrigin Eireann Teoranta v Inco Alloys Ltd [1992] 1 All ER 854.	173, 328, 356
Normid Housing Association Ltd v Ralphs (1988) 43 BLR 18.	268
Norta Wallpapers (Ireland) v Sisk & Sons (Dublin) Ltd [1978] IR
114.	201
North Eastern Properties Ltd v Damien Coleman [2010] EWCA Civ
277; [2010] BLR 579.	214
North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board v TA Bickerton &
Son Ltd [1970] 1 All ER 1039.	165
Northern Regional Health Authority v Derek Crouch Construction
Co Ltd [1984] QB 644.	298
Northern Shell plc v John Laing Construction Ltd (2003) 90 Con LR
26.	355
Norwich CC v Harvey [1989] 1 All ER 1180.	311
Nottingham Community Housing Association v Powerminster Ltd
(2000) 75 Con LR 65.	134
Nuttall v Manchester Corporation (1892) 9 TLR 513.	405
Nye Saunders and Partners v Bristow (1987) 37 BLR 92.	287

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O’Toole v Ferguson (1912) 5 DLR 868.		314
Obrascon Huarte Lain SA v Her Majesty’s Attorney General for
Gibraltar [2014] EWHC 1028 (TCC) (16 April 2014).		367
Obrascon Huarte Lain SA v. Attorney-General for Gibraltar [2014]
EWHC 1028 (TCC).		376
Ogilvie Builders Ltd v Glasgow City DC (1994) 68 BLR 122.		264
Oldschool v Gleeson (Construction) Ltd (1976) 4 BLR 103.		293
Ossory Road (Skelmersdale) Ltd v Balfour Beatty Building Ltd
[1993] CILL 882.		312
Outwing Construction Ltd v H Randell & Son Ltd [1999] CILL
1482.		395
Oval (717) Ltd v Aegon Insurance Co (UK) Ltd (1997) 85 BLR 97.		281
Oxford University Fixed Assets Ltd v Architects Design Partnership
(1999) 64 Con LR 12.		298
Pacific Associates Inc v Baxter [1989] 2 All ER 159.		301
Paddington Churches Housing Association v Technical and General
Guarantee Co Ltd [1999] BLR 244.		278
Pagnan SpA v Feed Products Ltd [1987] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 601.		138
Panamena Europea Navegacion v Leyland & Co Ltd [1947] AC
428.		299
Patel v Patel [1999] BLR 227.		412
Patman & Fotheringham Ltd v Pilditch (1904) HBC 4th ed, ii, 368.		175
PC Harrington Contractors Ltd v Systech International Ltd [2012]
EWCA Civ 1371.		398
Peak Construction (Liverpool) Ltd v McKinney Foundations Ltd
(1970) 1 BLR 111.	219, 243, 262, 340
Pearce & High Ltd v Baxter [1999] BLR 101.		216, 217, 332
Pearson (S) & Son Ltd v Dublin Corporation [1907] AC 351.		195, 290
Perar BV v General Surety & Guarantee Co Ltd (1994) 66 BLR 72.		278
Perini Corporation v Commonwealth of Australia (1969) 12 BLR
82.		193, 366
Peter Lind & Co Ltd v Mersey Docks & Harbour Board [1972] 2
Lloyd’s Rep 234.		138
Petrofina (UK) Ltd v Magnaload Ltd [1984] QB 127.		269
Philips Hong Kong Ltd v Attorney-General of Hong Kong (1993) 61
BLR 41.		336, 338
Picardi v Cuniberti [2003] BLR 487.		392
Pigott Construction v WJ Crowe Ltd (1961) 27 DLR (2d) 258.		364
Pigott Foundations Ltd v Shepherd Construction Ltd (1993) 67 BLR
48.		165, 211
Pillar (PG) Ltd v DJ Higgins Construction Ltd (1986) 34 BLR 43.		346
Pillings (CM) & Co Ltd v Kent Investments Ltd (1985) 30 BLR 80.		345
Plant Construction plc v Clive Adams Associates and JMH
Construction Services Ltd [2000] BLR 137.		206
Pozzolanic Lytag Ltd v Bryan Hobson Associates [1999] BLR 267.		288
Pratt v George J Hill Associates (1987) 38 BLR 25.		205, 287
President of India v La Pintada Cia Navegacion SA [1985] AC 104.		263

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Pritchett and Gold and Electrical Power Storage Co Ltd v Currie
[1916] 2 Ch 515.	317
Public Works Commissioner v Hills [1906] AC 368.	338
R v Walter Cabott Construction Ltd (1975) 21 BLR 42.	191
Raflatac Ltd v Eade [1999] BLR 261.	313
Ralphs v Francis Horner & Sons (1987, unreported).	287
Ranger v GW Railway (1854) 5 HLC 72.	338
Rapid Building Group Ltd v Ealing Family Housing Association Ltd
(1984) 29 BLR 5, CA.	191, 209, 340
Rayack Construction Ltd v Lampeter Meat Co Ltd (1979) 12 BLR
30.	246
Re Holt, ex p Gray (1888) 58 LJQB 5.	323
Re Jartay Developments Ltd (1982) 22 BLR 134.	246
Rees & Kirby Ltd v Swansea CC (1985) 30 BLR 1.	264
Roberts (A) & Co Ltd v Leicestershire CC [1961] 1 Ch 555.	141
Roberts v Bury Commissioners (1870) LR 4 CP 755.	365
Robin Ellis Ltd v Vinexsa International Ltd [2003] BLR 373.	370
Robinson v PE Jones (Contractors) Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 9. 167, 172, 328, 349
Rosehaugh Stanhope (Broadgate Phase 6) plc v Redpath Dorman
Long Ltd (1990) 50 BLR 69; 6 Const LJ 309.	310
Rotherham MBC v Frank Haslam Milan & Co Ltd (1996) 78 BLR 1.	179, 201
Royston UDC v Royston Builders Ltd (1961) 177 EG 589.	141
Rupert Morgan Building Services (LLC) Ltd v Jervis [2004] BLR 18.	346
Ruxley Electronics and Construction Ltd v Forsyth [1995] 3 All ER
268.	333
SABIC v PLL and SCL [2013] EWHC 2916 TCC 10 October 2013.	369
Salliss & Co v Calil (1988) 4 Const LJ 125.	301
Sauter Automation Ltd v Goodman (Mechanical Services) Ltd (1986)
34 BLR 81.	139
Scheldebouw BV v St. James Homes (Grosvenor Dock) Ltd (2006)
22 Const LJ 394, [2006] EWHC 89 (TCC), 105 Con LR 90,
[2006] BLR 113.	297
Schindler Lifts (Hong Kong) Ltd v Shui On Construction Co Ltd
(1984) 29 BLR 95.	315
Scott Lithgow Ltd v Secretary of State for Defence 1989 SLT 236.	313
Scott v Avery (1856) 5 HLC 811.	412
Scottish & Newcastle plc v GD Construction (St Albans) Ltd [2003]
BLR 131.	312
Scottish Special Housing Association v Wimpey Construction (UK)
Ltd [1986] 2 All ER 957.	222
Sempra Metals Ltd v Revenue & Anor [2007] UKHL 34.	264
SGL Carbon Fibres Ltd v RBG Ltd [2011] CSOH 62.	397
Shanklin Pier Co Ltd v Detel Products Ltd [1951] 2 KB 854.	327
Sharpe v ET Sweeting & Son Ltd [1963] 2 All ER 455.	348
Sharpe v San Paolo Brazilian Railway Co (1873) LR 8 Ch App 597.	194, 284
Shawton Engineering Ltd v DGP International Ltd [2006] BLR 1.	214
Shui On Construction Ltd v Shui Kay Co Ltd (1985) 4 Const LJ 305.	301
Sidney Kaye, Eric Firmin & Partners v Bronesky (1973) 4 BLR 1.	22

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Sika Contracts Ltd v Gill (1978) 9 BLR 15.	284
Simaan General Contracting Co v Pilkington Glass Ltd (No 2)
[1988] 1 All ER 791.	328
Simon Carves Ltd v Ensus UK Ltd [2011] EWHC 657 (TCC); [2011]
BLR 340.	279
Simplex Concrete Piles Ltd v St Pancras MBC (1958) 14 BLR 80.	238
Sims v London Necropolis Co [1885] 1 TLR 584.	185
Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co Ltd v Commissioners of Works and
Public Buildings [1949] 2 KB 632, [1950] 1 All ER 208, CA.	43, 341
Smales v Lea [2011] EWCA Civ 1325.	212
Small & Sons Ltd v Middlesex Real Estates Ltd [1921] WN 245.	366
Smallman Construction Ltd v Redpath Dorman Long Ltd (1988) 47
BLR 15.	343
Smith & Smith Glass Ltd v Winstone Architectural Cladding Systems
Ltd [1992] 2 NZLR 473.	315
Smith and Montgomery v Johnson Brothers Co Ltd [1954] 1 DLR
392.	188, 285, 307
Smith v Rudhall (1862) 3 F & F 143.	316
Stent Foundations Ltd v Carillion Construction (Contracts) Ltd
(2002) 78 Con LR 188.	135
Stewart Gill Ltd v Horatio Myer & Co Ltd [1992] 2 All ER 257.	166, 167, 345
Sunley (B) Ltd & Co v Cunard White Star Ltd [1940] 1 KB 740.	258
Surrey Heath Borough Council v Lovell Construction Ltd (1988) 42
BLR 25.	222, 339
Sutcliffe v Chippendale & Edmondson (1971) 18 BLR 149.	291, 301, 367
Sutcliffe v Thackrah [1974] AC 727.	296, 301
Swartz & Son (Pty) Ltd v Wolmaranstadt Town Council 1960
(2) SA 1.	278, 368
Sweatfield Ltd v Hathaway Roofing Ltd [1997] CILL 1235.	366
Sweet (UK) v Michael Wright Homes Ltd [2012] E Misc 3 (CC).	293
Sykes v Packham (t/a Bathroom Specialist) [2011] EWCA Civ 608.	342
Tara Civil Engineering Ltd v Moorfield Developments Ltd (1989) 46
BLR 72.	365
Tate & Lyle Food and Distribution Co Ltd v GLC [1981] 3 All ER
716.	261, 265
Team Services plc v Kier Management & Design Ltd (1993) 63 BLR
76.	166
Temloc Ltd v Errill Properties Ltd (1987) 39 BLR 30.	225, 339
Tersons Ltd v Stevenage Development Corporation (1963) 5 BLR
54.	39, 166
TFW Printers Ltd v Interserve Project Services Ltd [2006] EWCA
Civ 875.	216
The Project Consultancy Group v Trustees of the Gray Trust (1999)
65 Con LR 146.	396
Thomas Feather & Co (Bradford) Ltd v Keighley Corporation
(1953) 53 LGR 30.	363, 368
Thomas J Dyer Co v Bishop International Engineering Co 303 F 2d
655 (1962).	315

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Thompson v Clive Alexander & Partners (1992) 59 BLR 77.		351
Thorn v London Corporation (1876) 1 App Cas 120.		43, 194
Token Construction Co Ltd v Charlton Estates Ltd (1973) 1 BLR 50.		294
Townsends (Builders) Ltd v Cinema News Property Management Ltd
[1959] 1 All ER 7.		290
Trade Indemnity v Workington Harbour & Docks Board [1937]
AC 1.		280
Trafalgar House Construction (Regions) Ltd v General Surety &
Guarantee Co Ltd (1995) 73 BLR 32.		279
Trebor Bassett Holdings Ltd and The Cadbury UK Partnership v
ADT Fire and Security plc [2011] EWHC 1936 (TCC).		270
Trebor Bassett Holdings Ltd v ADT Fire and Security plc [2012]
EWCA Civ 1158.		173, 200
Trollope & Colls Ltd v Atomic Power Constructions [1962] 3 All ER
1035.		140
Trollope & Colls Ltd v North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital
Board. [1973] 2 All ER 260.		171
Tubeworkers Ltd v Tilbury Construction Ltd (1985) 30 BLR 67.		343
Turner (East Asia) PTE Ltd v Builders Federal (Hong Kong) (1988)
42 BLR 122.		405
Turriff Construction Ltd v Regalia Knitting Mills Ltd (1971) 9 BLR
20.		136
University Court of Glasgow v Whitfield (1988) 42 BLR 66.		206
Verital Shipping Corporation v Anglo-Canadian Cement Ltd [1966]
1 Lloyd’s Rep 76.		404
Victoria Laundry (Windsor) Ltd v Newman Industries Ltd [1949] 2
KB 528.		331
Victoria University of Manchester v Wilson & Womersley (1984) 2
Con LR 43.		206
Victorian Railway Commissioners v James L Williams Pty Ltd
(1969) 44 ALJR 32.		317
Vigers Sons & Co Ltd v Swindell [1939] 3 All ER 590.		284, 317
Viking Grain Storage v TH White Installations Ltd (1985) 33 BLR
103.		200
Vivergo Fuels Ltd v Redhall Engineering Solutions Ltd [2013]
EWHC 4030 (TCC).		368, 369
Waghorn v Wimbledon Local Board (1877) HBC 4th ed, ii, 52.		286
Walter Lilly & Co v MacKay [2012] EWHC 1773 (TCC).	149, 213, 219,
Wates Construction (London) Ltd v Franthom Property Ltd (1991)		251, 257, 262
53 BLR 23.		165, 246
Wealands v CLC Contractors Ltd [1999] BLR 401.		400
Wessex RHA v HLM Design Ltd [1994] CILL 991.		301
West Faulkner Associates v Newham LBC (1994) 71 BLR 1.		211, 287
Westminster City Council v Jarvis & Sons Ltd [1969] 3 All ER 1025.		212
Westminster City Council v Jarvis & Sons Ltd [1970] 1 All ER 942.		212, 216
White & Carter (Councils) Ltd v McGregor [1962] AC 413.		364
Whittall Builders Co Ltd v Chester-le-Street DC (1987) 40 BLR 82.		210

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Whittall Builders Co Ltd v Chester-le-Street DC (1988, unreported).	263
Whyte and Mackay Ltd v Blyth & Blyth Consulting Engineers Ltd
[2013] ScotCS CSOH_54 (09 April 2013).	392
William Lacey (Hounslow) Ltd v Davis [1957] 2 All ER 712.	152
William McIlroy (Swindon) Ltd v Quinn Insurance Ltd [2011]
EWCA Civ 825.	270
William Tomkinson and Sons Ltd v Parochial Church Council of St
Michael and Others (1990) 6 Const LJ 319.	45, 217, 287
Williams v Fitzmaurice (1858) 3 H & N 844.	175
Williams v Roffey Bros and Nicholls (Contractors) Ltd [1990] 1 All
ER 512.	142
Witney Town Council v Beam Construction (Cheltenham) Ltd [2011]
EWHC 2332 (TCC).	397
Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction UK
Ltd [1980] 1 All ER 571.	365
Woodlands Oak Ltd v Conwell [2011] EWCA Civ 254.	333
Wraight Ltd v P H & T (Holdings) Ltd (1968) 13 BLR 26.	256, 336
Young & Marten Ltd v McManus Childs Ltd [1969] 1 AC 454.	178