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Nov 16, 2022

Waste not want not! Wasted expenditure is recoverable.

In CIS General INsurance v IBM [2022] EWCA Civ 440, the Court of Appeal has allowed a claim for wasted expenditure enabling damages up to...

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Nov 16, 2022

Out of time? An implied term that 'time is of the essence'.

In Pharmapac (UK) Ltd v HBS Healthcare Ltd [2022] EWHC 23, the delay in providing facemasks from India rendered the defendant in breach...

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Nov 16, 2022

Top dollar? The impact of sanctions.

In the case of MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2022] EWHC 467 a proposed change from the currency of dollars was sufficient to trigger a force...

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Mar 24, 2021

Who Shot First? The importance of a quick trigger finger in the 'battle of the forms'.

It has been a long held principle that the battle of the forms is usually determined by the “last shot”: that a contract is formed on the...

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Mar 24, 2021

Shield With Part 36!

In Global Energy Horizons Corporation v Gray [2021] EWCA Civ 123, C was successful at trial, being awarded £3 million, but had claimed...

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Jan 12, 2021

COVID-19 and Procedure: The Case of

In Stanley v Tower Hamlets LBC [2020] EWHC 1622 (QB), 26 June 2020, unrep. (Julian Knowles J), the High Court has provided a robust...

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Dec 30, 2020

A Class Act?

In a key decision, the UK Supreme Court has given guidance on the threshold for certifying a class action for breach of competition law....

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Dec 24, 2020

A new website!

Contract Law Chambers is pleased to launch a brand new website to bring our services to lay clients and professional clients alike.

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