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Co-Operative Retail Services Limited and others v Taylor Young Partnership and others: HL 25 Apr 2002

Whilst a substantial new building was being constructed, it was damaged by fire caused by the negligence of several contractors. The case concerned apportionment of liability. Held: The appeal failed. The parties could by agreement vary the normal rules which would apportion damages. Here one party had been required to assume responsibility for fire damage, … Continue reading Co-Operative Retail Services Limited and others v Taylor Young Partnership and others: HL 25 Apr 2002

Friends’ Provident Life Office v Hillier, Parker May and Rowden: CA 1997

Friends Provident had participated in a development project on terms which required it to pay its share of the development costs as it proceeded. It employed Hillier Parker, a firm of surveyors, to check demands made from time to time for payment of its share of development costs. Friends Provident paid the developer its share … Continue reading Friends’ Provident Life Office v Hillier, Parker May and Rowden: CA 1997