Balfour Beatty Construction (Scotland) Ltd v Scottish Power Plc: HL 23 Mar 1994

The House was asked as to the treatment of the idea of remoteness of damages in a claim under contract in Scotland.
Held: A supplier was not to be imputed with knowledge of his purchaser’s technical processes.

Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Bridge of Harwich, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, Lord Brown Wilkinson, Lord Nolan
Times 23-Mar-1994, [1994] UKHL 11, [1994] CLC 321, 1994 SC (HL) 20, 1994 SLT 807
Bailii
Scotland

Damages, Contract

Leading Case

Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.78106