Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 194 (Jun)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWHC 1409 (TCC)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Technology and Construction Court
Judge:

Akenhead J

Representation Andrew Kearney (instructed by Osborne Clark) for the claimant.
  Abdul Jinadu (instructed directly) for the defendant.
Judgment Dates: 17 June 2010

Catchwords

Construction contract - Arbitration - Adjudication - Contract rates agreed orally and left out of contract - Fax sent to parties referring to rates - Whether contract in writing - .

The Case

Construction contract Arbitration. Queen's Bench Division, Technology and Construction Court: the fact that an agreement between a building contractor and a subcontractor about rates had not been in, or evidenced in, writing, meant that it was not a construction contract in writing under the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.

Practice Areas

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