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ARTICLE · 25 OCTOBER 2020

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Our regular round up of the cases of most interest to construction comes from Andrew Croft and Ben Spannuth of Beale & Company Solicitors LLP, focusing on one that highlights

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Our regular round up of the cases of most interest to construction comes from Andrew Croft and Ben Spannuth of Beale & Company Solicitors LLP, focusing on on one that highlights the importance of defining design life requirements within contracts; and a Supreme Court ruling that means insolvency practitioners can use adjudication to pursue claims.

Blackpool Borough Council v VolkerFitzpatrick Limited

[2020] EWHC 1523; HHJ Davies

Blackpool Borough Council (BBC), the owner of the seaside Starr Gate Tram Depot in Blackpool (the Depot), engaged VolkerFitzpatrick Limited (VFL) to design and construct the Depot pursuant to a modified NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (the Contract).

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