Grove Developments Ltd v S&T(UK) Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeMr Justice Coulson
Judgment Date27 February 2018
Neutral Citation[2018] EWHC 123 (TCC)
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
Docket NumberCase Nos: HT-2017-000336
Date27 February 2018
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16 cases
  • Swansea Stadium Management Company Ltd v City & County of Swansea
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 17 April 2019
    ...Construction Ltd v. Alstom Combined Cycles Ltd [2005] EWCA Civ 814; [2005] 1 W.L.R. 3850 to Grove Developments Ltd v. S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC); [2018] B.L.R. 173 and, on appeal, [2018] EWCA Civ 2448; [2019] B.L.R. 1 for the proposition that certificates or other equivalent doc......
  • Palmer Birch (A Partnership) v Michael Lloyd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 24 September 2018
    ...of Coulson J (as he then was, giving his “last substantial judgment in the TCC”) in Grove Developments Ltd v S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC). In his decision, addressing the provisions of the JCT Design & Build Contract 2011, the judge emphasised (and again I summarise) that inte......
  • S&T(UK) Ltd v Grove Developments Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 7 November 2018
    ...APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION) ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES Mr Justice Coulson [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC) Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL Anthony Speaight QC and Matthew Thorne (instructed by Trowers & Hamlins Llp) for t......
  • Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd v Merit Merrell Technology Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Technology and Construction Court)
    • 21 June 2018
    ...in this conclusion by the analysis in a recent case of Coulson J (as he then was) in Grove Developments Ltd v S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC). In that case, one of the issues was whether the conclusion that I had reached in the liability judgment about whether an adjudicator's decisi......
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12 firm's commentaries
  • Smash And Grab Adjudications – Redressing The Balance
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 9 August 2018
    ...must still pay up even if it has disputed those valuations throughout the project. In Grove Developments Ltd v S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC), Coulson J has redressed the balance between contractors and employers and made such adjudications less The background The claimant (Grove) e......
  • Projects & Construction Law Update - March 2018
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 21 March 2018
    ...find below Clyde & Co's latest projects and construction law update CASES Grove Developments Limited v S&T(UK) Limited [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC) The end of the 'smash and grab' 'Smash & grab' adjudications have been the bane of employers' existence for a number of years now, particu......
  • UK Construction briefing, January 2019
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 22 January 2019
    ...as well as a raft of decisions on procedural issues. Not least was the TCC's decision in Grove Developments Ltd v. S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC) which we reported here, Smash and grab adjudications – redressing the balance and here, Restoring fairness to the adjudication process: anoth......
  • Litigation and ADR procedure news for in-house lawyers: UK Construction Focus
    • United Kingdom
    • JD Supra United Kingdom
    • 1 May 2018
    ...tipped the balance away from contractors in smash and grab adjudications. (A case review of Grove Developments Ltd v. S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC).) Adjudication procedure: case round-up: in our latest round-up of TCC decisions dealing with adjudication procedure, we look at the impor......
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5 books & journal articles
  • Table of cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...III.24.430 Grovedeck Ltd v Capital Demolition Ltd [2000] BLR 181 II.6.84, III.24.26, III.24.60 Grove Developments Ltd v S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC) I.1.21, II.6.235, II.13.132, III.24.08, III.24.50, III.24.52, III.24.149 Growthbuilt Pty Ltd v Saad [2019] NSWSC 1366 III.23.51, III.26.......
  • The legal and commercial frameworks
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Macchia v Minister for Primary Industries and Energy (1992) 110 ALR 210 at 204, per Burchett J; Grove Developments Ltd v S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC) at [90], per Coulson J (airmed: [2018] EWCa Civ 2448). 68 In re Spectrum Plus Ltd [2005] 3 WLr 58 at 63 [5], per Lord Nicholls. he Supr......
  • Statutory adjudication
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume III - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Properties Ltd v Birse Construction Ltd [2005] 1 WLR 2252 at 2258 [24], per HHJ Toulmin CMG QC; Grove Developments Ltd v S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC) at [72]–[73], per Coulson J (airmed: [2018] EWCA Civ 2448). he fact that there are no limits to the size or complexity of a dispute tha......
  • Price and payment
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...[53]–[58], per DhCJ Nissen QC (considering a JCT Intermediate Building Contract WCD 2011 form); Grove Developments Ltd v S&T (UK) Ltd [2018] EWhC 123 (TCC) at [21]–[26], per Coulson J (airmed: [2018] eWca civ 2448). See also VHE Construction plc v RBSTB Trust Ltd [2000] BLr 187 at 195 [60],......
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