Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd v Birmingham City Council

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Justice Jackson,Lord Justice Moylan,Sir Stephen Tomlinson
Judgment Date22 February 2018
Neutral Citation[2018] EWCA Civ 264
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Docket NumberCase Nos: A1/2016/4083 and A1/2016/4084
Date22 February 2018
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11 cases
  • Sara & Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 18 January 2023
    ...in the same case [2008] EWCA Civ 542, [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 187 (per Waller LJ at paras 33–35) and more recently in Amey Birmingham Highwavs Ltd v Birmingham City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 264, [2018] BLR 225 (per Jackson LJ at paras 32 Guidance as to what is meant by being “obvious or easi......
  • Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd v Lufthansa Technik AG
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 10 July 2020
    ...is possible even in the case of long, complex and sophisticated contracts expressed in writing – see e.g. Bates and Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd v Birmingham City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 264. Implication by law 219 In my judgment, there can be no serious argument that the Agreement meets t......
  • Bank of Scotland Plc v Peter Lisney Hoskins
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 17 November 2021
    ...is possible even in the case of long, complex and sophisticated contracts expressed in writing — see e.g. Bates and Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd v Birmingham City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 264.” 77 The defendant's pleading on this issue is not user-friendly. It jumps from “relationship” to “......
  • Alan Bates and Others v Post Office Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 15 March 2019
    ...so) each of the following cases accepts that it exists, dealing with the most recent appellate authority first. 1. In Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd v Birmingham City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 264 Jackson LJ stated: “[92] The contract before the court is a PFI contract intended to run for 25 y......
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3 firm's commentaries
  • All Fair In Love, War And Commerce?
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 4 July 2018
    ...Alliance Group v RBS [2016] EWHC 3342 (Ch). (vi) Two more decisions have followed this year: (a) In Amey v Birmingham City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 264, the Court of Appeal commented that a long-term PFI contract could be classified as (b) The judge who had decided the Yam Seng case five yea......
  • PFI: benchmarking and market testing, a cause of conflict in the long run?
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 15 June 2020
    ...in order to resolve certain disputes/differences arising under the contract. 1 Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd v Birmingham City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 264. [View Julian BaileyPaddy Mohen...
  • Setting Aside Certificates for "Manifest Error"
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 14 March 2018
    ...certificate or determination. The recent English Court of Appeal decision in Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd v Birmingham City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 264 examined the issue of whether four completion certificates issued by the independent certifier under a PFI contract could be set aside on t......
1 books & journal articles
  • Dispute resolution
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Sir Andrew Morritt C; Lau v Wan Yuk Lin [2013] HKCFI 67 at [9], per Harris J; Amey Birmingham Highways Ltd v Birmingham City Council [2018] EWCA Civ 264 at [83]–[91], per Jackson LJ. It would appear to be impermissible to go beyond the face of the expert’s determination for the purpose of d......

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