Variation of Contract in UK Law
Leading Cases
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Globe Motors, Inc. (a corporation incorporated in Delaware, USA) and Others v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Ltd (First Defendant/Appellant) TRW Ltd (Second Defendant)
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Edenred (UK Group) Ltd and Another v HM Treasury and Others
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Amendments to an existing public contract will fall within the procurement regime and be treated in substance as the award of a new contract if they involve a material variation of the contract. Thus the central question in Edenred's challenge is whether the proposed amendments of the Atos contract amount to a material variation.
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R BATCHELOR ENTERPRISES Ltd v NORTH DORSET DISTRICT COUNCIL
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Since the court in judicial review proceedings may not substitute its own answer to that question for that of the local planning authority, the question in relation to an application for judicial review in respect of a local authority's decision under section 106A(1)(a) is whether a reasonable local planning authority could have concluded that the obligation still served a useful planning purpose.
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Alstom Transport v Eurostar International Ltd and Another
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Legislation
- Consumer Rights Act 2015
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Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016
... ... dwelling as a home, including provision establishing two kinds of contract for the purpose of renting homes; and for connected purposes ... [18 ... the two kinds of standard contract differ in relation to their variation, transfer and termination ... (2) Each kind of occupation contract ... ...
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National Health Service Act 2006
... ... NHS contracts ... 9: NHS contracts ... (1) In this Act, an NHS contract" is an arrangement under which one health service body (“the commissioner\xE2" ... varied or brought to an end—(a) subject to paragraph (b) , the variation or termination must be treated as being effected by agreement between the ... ...
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Insurance Act 2015
... ... In this Act (apart from Part 6) —“consumer insurance contract” has the same meaning as in the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and ... as references to changes in the risk relevant to the proposed variation, and(b) references to the contract of insurance are to the variation ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
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The Statutory Right to Seek a Credit Contract Variation on the Grounds of Hardship: A History and Analysis
In this article, we focus on one of the most important statutory protections for Australian consumers in financial hardship: the right to seek a variation of a credit contract contained in s 72 of ...
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Business transfers, employers’ strategies and the impact of recent case law
Under the European Union’s 1977 Acquired Rights Directive, workers transferred to another employer can expect the majority of their original terms and conditions of employment to be protected and c...... ... contract cleaning) theSuzen approach will mean that there will generally be no ... is for the transferee to seek to negotiate an agreed variation of termsand conditions with the workforce or their representatives. The ... ...
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The New Public Corporations and The Law
... ... of the Crown in respect of liabilities in contract, tort, etc. The significance of this provision will be ... - manent power of unilateral termination or variation of contract is not vested in the public corporation: it ... ...
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How does performance history impact supplier selection in public sector?
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to study if the performance history impacts supplier selection in the French public sector context. While French public procurement legislation forbids consi...... ... public procurement legislation forbids considerationof the past contract wins in supplier selection, public contractors may still rely on contract ... for all transactions.Findings –The paper finds significant variation between the transactions of different markets, aswell as in the overall ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
- Contract Variation - Changing Terms And Conditions
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Contract variation just got easier – mitigating the risk of inadvertent change
In finding that an oral agreement to defer payments was legally binding, the Court of Appeal in MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd v Rock Advertising Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 553 has confirmed the limita...
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Ten Key Learnings From The Administration Of Carluccio's - A Perfect Storm Of Employment Law, Furloughed Workers And Insolvency
... ... priority to certain wages and salary liabilities arising under a contract of employment adopted by an administrator before they leave office - these ... , up to the relevant limits; the administrators had issued a variation letter to employees seeking consent to vary their contracts of employment ... ...
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Navigating The Rapidly Changing Working World ' What To Consider When Varying Contractual Terms
... ... should bear in mind when effecting variation of contracts ... Where an employee has entered into an employment ... employee, such that the parties should enter into a contract ... addendum or a new employment contract. In these cases, the employer ... ...
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Forms
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Order for registration of a community judgment to be served on every person against whom the judgment is given (rule 74.22)
King's Bench forms for use in cases such as personal injury, negligence and breach of contract.... ... within 28 days after service of this Order upon him for the variation or cancellation of the Order under Rule 74.23 on the ... ...
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Order for distribution of a Lloyd's Estate
Chancery forms, including claim forms and applications for orders.... ... making any retention or further provision in respect of any contract of insurance or reinsurance underwritten by the Deceased in the course of ... apply within 14 days after service of this order on them for the variation or discharge of this summary assessment) [or subject to a detailed ... ...
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Common form of order for sale
Chancery forms, including claim forms and applications for orders.... ... Conditional contracts ... () the conditional contract dated and made between and for the ... THE SECOND SCHEDULE ... Place where variation ... ...
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