Alexander v Mercouris

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLORD JUSTICE BUCKLEY,LORD JUSTICE GOFF,LORD JUSTICE WALLER
Judgment Date23 May 1979
Neutral Citation[1979] EWCA Civ J0523-5
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Docket Number1975 A No. 6760
Date23 May 1979
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7 cases
  • Catlin Estates Ltd v Carter Jonas (A Firm)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 31 October 2005
    ...Thompson v Clive Alexander & Partners. It is founded on the observations made by three Lords Justices in the case of Alexander & Anor v Mercouris [1979] 1 WLR 1270. As I understand the decision which was followed by Judge Lewis QC, is encapsulated in a passage which he cites from the ju......
  • Harrison and Others v Shepherd Homes Ltd and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 11 July 2011
    ...on behalf of the first defendants is founded on observations made by the three Lords Justices in the Court of Appeal in Alexander and Another v. Mercouris [1979] 1 W.L.R. 1270." 137 The judge then referred to the relevant passages from the judgements of Buckley, Goff and Waller LJJ. He then......
  • Bole and another v Huntsbuild Ltd and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 13 March 2009
    ...have accrued at the time when the dwelling was completed…” 14 Although the cause of action may arise earlier, see Alexander v Mercouris [1979] 1 WLR 1270 at 1277, on a proper construction of this sub-section, time only begins to run for the purpose of limitation from the time when the dwell......
  • (1) N Mirza and (2) I Mirza v Baljit S Bhandal
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 27 April 1999
    ...will include the owner provided it can properly be said that he has "taken on" work in relation to the building: see Buckley LJ in Alexander v Mercouris [1979] 1WLR 1270, at bridge 1273H. But there has been no analysis of what kind of activity in relation to the building constitutes "work".......
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