Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeTHE HON.MR.JUSTICE RAMSEY,The Honourable Mr Justice Ramsey,The Hon. Mr Justice Ramsey
Judgment Date31 October 2008
Neutral Citation[2008] EWHC 2657 (TCC),[2008] EWHC 2210 (TCC),[2008] EWHC 6 (TCC)
Docket NumberCase No: HT-06228,Case No: HT-06–228,Case No: HT-06-228
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
Date31 October 2008

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  • David Stewart+doreen Kennedy Stewart V. Aftab Ahmed Malik
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 3 Febrero 2009
    ... ... In Biffa Waste Services Limited v Maschinenfibric Ernst Hese GmbH [2008] EWCA Civ 1257 (decided since the ... ...
  • Avantage (Cheshire) Ltd v GB Building Solutions Ltd ((in Administration))
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 31 Enero 2022
    ...not require an assumption of responsibility in order to found liability: see Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GMBH [2008] EWHC 6 TCC per Ramsey J at [171] (reversed on appeal but not on this point). Reasonable foreseeability of harm is usually enough (see Customs and Ex......
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  • Functus Officio After Conditional Final Award
    • Singapore
    • Mondaq Singapore
    • 7 Septiembre 2022
    ...there was a risk of the defendant obtaining a windfall (at [57]). Based on Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GMBH [2008] EWHC 2210, a decision which was cited by the Arbitrator, there were two options to mitigate this risk: (a) adjourn the decision on quantum; or (b) mak......
  • Liquidated Damages In Construction Contracts: What Are The Snags?
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 30 Julio 2023
    ...But the court did not allow this in the case of Biffa Waste Services Ltd and another v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH and others [2008] EWHC 6 (TCC) because the liquidated damages clause was clearly composed as a complete remedy for delayed In another case, Temloc Ltd v Errill Properties L......
4 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 Abril 2020
    ...Ltd v parkman Consulting Engineers [2002] BLr 64 II.13.242, II.13.245 Bifa Waste Services Ltd & Anor v Maschinenfabrik Ernst GmbH [2008] EWHC 2657 (TCC) III.26.260 Bifa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH [2008] EWHC 2210 (TCC) II.14.124 Bifa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenf......
  • Litigation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 Abril 2020
    ...As to settlement ofers and their efect, see paragraph 26.289f. 1090 Bifa Waste Services Ltd & Anor v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH [2008] EWHC 2657 (TCC) at [33(4)], per Ramsey J (appeal allowed on other grounds [2009] QB 725); Vector Investments v Williams [2010] BLR 195. 1091 PGF II SA ......
  • Defects
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 Abril 2020
    ...– Strata Plan 73162 v Dyldam Developments Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 1789. 349 Bifa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese GmbH [2008] EWhC 2210 (TCC) at [73], per ramsey J. however, the owner may be entitled to recover damages for other losses lowing from the defects; eg, losses resulti......
  • Contract Law
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2018, December 2018
    • 1 Diciembre 2018
    ...certain that liability will never be discharged by the claimant”, following Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Maschinenfabrik Ernst Hese Gmbh [2009] PNLR 5. 260 Motor Insurers' Bureau of Singapore v AM General Insurance Bhd [2018] 4 SLR 882 at [133]. 261 Motor Insurers' Bureau of Singapore v AM Ge......