Harriet Hawkins
DAC Beachcroft
Articles
Risk of dissipation - upheld as a principle for granting a stay of execution
United Kingdom - May 22 2019 The recent Court of Appeal decision in Gosvenor London Ltd v Aygun Aluminium UK Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2695 has upheld the first instance decision which…
Requirement to adjudicate first under the NEC contracts
United Kingdom - December 21 2021 A recent decision of the Scottish Courts in Greater Glasgow Health Board v Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd & Ors [2021] CSOH 115 provides a useful…
Successful use of manifest injustice to resist enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision
United Kingdom - December 21 2020 This is a useful case, which illustrates, potentially a further way to resist enforcement. Facts JRT Developments Ltd v TW Dixon (Developments) Ltd…
Payment provisions in hybrid contracts and the effect of the Construction Act
United Kingdom - December 17 2019 In the recent case of C Spencer Limited v MW High Tech Projects UK Limited [2019] EWHC 2547 (TCC) the question for the TCC was this: Where the…
The ‘correction’ principle cannot be used to resist enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision
United Kingdom - December 21 2020 The case of J & B Hopkins Ltd v Trant Engineering Ltd [2020] EWHC 1305 (TCC) is another interesting decision which demonstrates the Court’s robust…
