Amalgamated Building Contractors v Waltham Holy Cross U. D. C

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year1952
Date1952
CourtCourt of Appeal
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20 cases
  • Alval Ltd v Attorney General of Jamaica
    • Jamaica
    • Supreme Court (Jamaica)
    • 28 Octubre 2011
    ...contractual obligation on another party when he has impeded the performance of it: Per Lord Denning in Amalgamated Building Construction Ltd. v Waltham Holy Cross Urban District Council (1952) 2 All ER 452, in which he cited Roberts v Bury Commissioners 34 J.P. 821, as an authority for thi......
  • Re Sanpete Builders (S) Pte Ltd
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 5 Enero 1989
    ...Construction (1973) Ltd [1975] 2 Lloyd`s Rep 493 and Amalgamated Building Contractors Ltd v Waltham Holy Cross Urban District Council [1952] 2 All ER 452 also establish the principle that the issue of an architect`s certificate is a condition precedent to any right in an employer or a contr......
  • Adyard Abu Dhabi v SD Marine Services
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 11 Abril 2011
    ...... "It is well settled that in building contracts – and in other contracts too – when ... to these vessels and others and accepted in cross examination that it was important for him to pass ......
  • Peak Construction (Liverpool) Ltd v Mckinney Foundations Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 1 Julio 1970
    ...... the plaintiffs were to be the main contractors. The first or pilot block was to be begun in ... were to be offered for the form of a building contract which contained the most one-sided, ...p. 346) ; ( Amalgamated Building Contractors -v- Waltham U.D.C. 1952 ......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Contract administration
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 Abril 2020
    ...Market Co (1891) Hudson’s BC (4th edition, volume 2) 170. See also Amalgamated Building Contractors Co Ltd v Waltham Holy Cross UDC [1952] 2 All ER 452 at 455–456, per Romer LJ. Compare Fairield Sentry Ltd v Migani [2014] UKPC 9 at [27] (Lord Sumption). 307 Walker v Black (1879) 5 VLR (L) 7......
  • CURRENT ISSUES IN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CLAIMS IN SINGAPORE AND THE TROPICON’S CASE
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1991, December 1991
    • 1 Diciembre 1991
    ...Council(1900) 19 NZLR 1; Miller v London County Council(1934) 50 TLR 479; Amalgamated Building Contractors Ltd v Waltham Holy Cross UDC[1952] 2 All ER 452; see also Chow Kok Fong, “The Validity of Retrospective Extensions of Time for the Completion of Construction Works [1981] 2 MLJ 1ix. 42......

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