2 Entertain Video Ltd and other companies v Sony DADC Europe Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Neutral Citation[2020] EWHC 972 (TCC)
Year2020
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)

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11 cases
  • Optimus Build Ltd v Matthew Southall
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 11 December 2020
    ...the words used, both in written and in spoken form, which, as summarised by O'Farrell J in Entertain Video Ltd v Sony DADC Europe Ltd [2020] EWHC 972 (TCC) at [221] in relation to written contracts, are as follows: “When interpreting a written contract, the court's task is to ascertain the ......
  • BP Oil International Ltd v Glencore Energy UK Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 9 March 2022
    ...opportunities, whether or not foreseeable.” 483 The court was referred to 2 Entertain Video Limited v Sony DADC Europe Limited [2020] EWHC 972 (TCC) at 484 I note that in her judgment O'Farrell J stated that the starting point is that of construction of the relevant clause. She then reviewe......
  • A. F. Kopp Ltd v HSBC UK Bank Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 3 May 2024
    ...of third party companies when deciding whether to order security The following cases are referred to in the judgment: 2 Entertain Video Ltd v Sony DADC Europe Ltd [2020] EWHC 972 (TCC), [2021] 1 All ER (Comm) 936, 190 Con LR 145, [2021] 1 All ER 527 Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insur......
  • Pinewood Technologies Asia Pacific Ltd v Pinewood Technologies Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 13 October 2023
    ...to set them out here. 84 PTAP pointed out in its skeleton argument (by reference to 2Entertain Video Ltd v Sony DADC Europe Ltd [2021] 1 ALL ER 527 (TCC)) that exclusion clauses in the nature of clause 16 “may also on their true construction only be intended to apply to special or unforesee......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • What Are Exclusion Clauses And How Do We Use Them?
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 5 May 2023
    ...1 September 2008 A/S (formerly Roskilde Bank A/S) (In Bankruptcy) [2016] EWCA Civ 1262. 2 Entertain Video Ltd v Sony DADC Europe Ltd [2020] EWHC 972 (TCC) was an interesting case. In this case, it was held that exclusion clauses can be construed by looking at their natural and ordinary mean......
  • Coronavirus/COVID-19 And Construction Contracts - Recent Developments And Further Actions
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 14 July 2020
    ...with COVID-19. The amendments are still to be published and we are to see how the construction industry will react. Footnotes 1.. [2020] EWHC 972 (TCC). 2.. Subject to limitations of liability clauses elsewhere within the underlying 3.. Which I have been involved with. Originally published ......
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