Abbey Developments Ltd v PP Brickwork Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Neutral Citation | [2003] EWHC 1987 (TCC) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Date | 2003 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court) |
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4 cases
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Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd v Multiplex Constructions (UK) Ltd
...not entitle the employer to omit work for the purpose of giving it to another contractor. See Abbey Developments Ltd v PP Brickwork Ltd [2003] CILL 2033 at paragraphs 31 – 50; Trustees of the Stratfield Saye Estate v AHL Construction Ltd [2004] EWHC 3286 (TCC) at paragraphs 35 – 23811554. I......
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Iluminesia Ltd (t/a Alterego Facades) v RFL Facades Ltd
...vary the work is an intrusion into and an infringement of that right” 1; 85. Footnote 1 cites Abbey Developments Ltd v PP Brickwork Ltd [2003] EWHC 1987 (TCC). 86. On 27 July, I informed the parties by e-mail that I had decided the basis of the contract between the parties and its terms and......
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Stratfield Saye Estate Trustees v AHL Construction Ltd
...from the decision of His Honour Judge Lloyd QC in Abbey Developments Limited v PP Brickwork Limited [2003] EWHC 1987 (Technology); [2003] CILL 2033. In that case Abbey engaged PPB as a labour only subcontractor for brickwork and blockwork. Clause 2 of the subcontract conditions empowered Ab......
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Greatworth Industrial Ltd v Chevalier (Construction) Co Ltd
...of that right and a breach of contract. Particular reliance is placed on the judgments in Abbey Developments Ltd v. PP Brickwork Ltd(2003) CILL 2033, and Chandler Bros Ltd v. Boswell [1936] CA 179. 37. Abbey Developments seems to have been concerned mainly with the proposition that in order......
4 firm's commentaries
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Termination For Convenience
...Ltd (1953) 27 ALJR 273; Amec Building Ltd v Cadmus Investment Company (1996) 51 Con LR 105 and Abbey Developments Ltd v PP Brickwork Ltd [2003] CILL 2033). It is suggested that if the termination for convenience clause is construed in a similarly limited way, it no longer renders the promis......
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Descoping: Can the omission of works constitute a breach of contract?
...87 Background Decision The court followed the guidance provided in the English case of Abbey Developments Limited v. PP Brickwork Ltd [2003] EWHC 1987 (TCC), which involved a similar omission of work from one subcontractor and the engagement of an alternative subcontractor to carry out the ......
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Termination for convenience: when and is it free?
...Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) v Servcorp Ltd [2018] FCA 1044. 3 Abbey Developments Limited v PP Brickwork Ltd [2003] EWHC 1987 (TCC). 4 [2010] FCA 5 Leighton v Arogen [2012] NSWSC 1370. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject......
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Termination for convenience: when and is it free?
...Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) v Servcorp Ltd [2018] FCA 1044. 3 Abbey Developments Limited v PP Brickwork Ltd [2003] EWHC 1987 (TCC). 4 [2010] FCA 5 Leighton v Arogen [2012] NSWSC 1370. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject......
2 books & journal articles
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Table of cases
...Construction pty Ltd v rail Freight Corporation [1999] NSWSC 1037 III.26.223, III.26.224 abbey Developments Ltd v pp Brickwork Ltd [2003] EWhC 1987 (TCC) II.7.29 abbey Malvern Wells Ltd v Ministry of Local Government and planning [1951] Ch 728 I.2.95 abbey National Mortgages plc v Key Surve......
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Variations
...v Cadmus Investments Co Ltd (1996) 51 Con Lr 105 at 125–128, per Mr recorder Kallipetis QC; Abbey Developments Ltd v PP Brickwork Ltd [2003] EWhC 1987 (TCC) at [45]–[47], per hhJ LLoyd QC; Trustees of the Stratield Saye Estate v AHL Construction Ltd [2004] EWhC 3286 (TCC) at [35]–[36], per ......