Norwich Union Life Insurance Society v P. & O. Property Holdings Ltd and Others

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1993
Date1993
Year1993
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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36 cases
  • Homepace Ltd v Sita South East Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 15 January 2008
    ...with him. 21 This decision is binding on us, and has been so regarded in a number of cases since then. One is Norwich Union Life Insurance Society v P&O Property Holdings Ltd [1993] 1 EGLR 164, where the parties to complex contractual arrangements to do with the development of a new shoppin......
  • Barclays Bank Plc v Nylon Capital Llp
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 July 2011
    ...way, his decision will be binding. If he has answered the wrong question, his decision will be a nullity." 32 In Norwich Union Life Insurance Society v P&O Property Holdings [1993] EGLR 164 a property development agreement provided for expert determination in the event of a dispute over the......
  • Menolly Investments 3 SARL v Cerep SARL
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 18 March 2009
    ...that decision, went on to refer to three other cases where that decision had been applied or referred to namely Norwich Union Life Insurance Society v P&O Property Holdings Ltd [1993] 1 E.G.L.R. 164, National Grid Co Plc v M25 Group Ltd [1999] 1 E.G.L.R. 65 and Mercury Communications Ltd v ......
  • Teekay Tankers Ltd (a company incorporated in the Marshall Islands) v Stx Offshore & Shipbuilding Company Ltd (a company incorporated in the Republic of Korea)
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
    • 15 February 2017
    ...of the proposed commissioning date. 156 At p. 339 Kennedy LJ referred to a then recent decision of the House of Lords: In P & O Property Holdings Ltd v Norwich Union (1994) 68 P & CR 261 a developer and head lessor had each contracted to use 'reasonable endeavours to obtain' lettings of uni......
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  • Contractual Interpretation – Leave It To The Court
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 3 April 2020
    ...jurisdiction. Counsel for Crest Nicholson relied on the case of Norwich Union Life Insurance Society v P & O Property Holdings Ltd [1993] 1 EGLR 164 to argue that the court's jurisdictions had been excluded. In Norwich Union, the Court of Appeal held that the question of whether a parti......

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