marcuscleaver · Abbey Healthcare Ltd v Augusta 2008 LLP [2024] UKSC 23 What requirements does a contract have to meet in order for it to be considered a construction contract? uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping [2024] UKSC 18 When can an act of God allow a party to unilaterally suspend a contract? uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc v Ukraine [2023] UKSC 11 The Russia-Ukraine conflict makes its way to the Supreme Court as Russia demands repayment of a debt that is owed. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3 A claimant was guaranteed a fee if a property sold for at least £6.5 million. When it was eventually sold for £6 million the courts were asked to step in so that the claimant at least got
marcuscleaver · Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27 A family dispute over the inheritance of a farm makes its way to the Supreme Court. What remedies should be available to a son who was disinherited after providing the family with cheap labour for most of
marcuscleaver · Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd [2021] UKSC 40 When can a lawful act be used to rescind a contract? In this case an estate agent was pressured into signing a new agreement with an airline but was this legitimate
marcuscleaver · X v Kuoni Travel Ltd [2021] UKSC 34 When a holiday went horribly wrong in 2010, Mrs. X decided to bring a claim against the tour operator. Many years later, and after a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union,
marcuscleaver · Harcus Sinclair LLP v Your Lawyers Ltd [2021] UKSC 32 When a law firm decided to collaborate with one firm instead of another, the practice that had been shunned tried to enforce a restraint of trade clause in a non-disclosure agreement. The question
marcuscleaver · Triple Point Technology Inc. v PTT Public Company Ltd [2021] UKSC 29 A contract dispute that led to a claim for damages turned on the meaning of the word negligence. Should the meaning be restricted to the tort or also encompass a breach
marcuscleaver · Burnett or Grant v International Insurance Company of Hanover Ltd [2021] UKSC 12 After a doorman inadvertently killed a man outside of a bar in Aberdeen, his widow brought a claim against the security firm’s insurers. An exclusion caluse in the policy meant