Legal case news extra effort insufficient for extrication from contract, Extra MSA Services Cobham v Accor UK Economy Hotels
Language: English Series: Property Week ; 77(18) 6 May 2011, 57(1)Publication details: 2011Subject(s): Summary: [2011] EWHC 775 (Ch), 17 March 2011. Considers the important commercial issue of whether a party to a conditional agreement can exercise a right to terminate the agreement because the condition has not been satisfied although the same party was responsible for the failure to satisfy the condition. Applicant commercial developer E tried to extricate itself from a contract agreed with defendant A on the basis that a condition was not satisfied. A contended that E should not benefit from non-compliance with its contractual obligation. "Held": Application refused. HC decided that a party should not benefit from its own wrongdoing.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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[2011] EWHC 775 (Ch), 17 March 2011. Considers the important commercial issue of whether a party to a conditional agreement can exercise a right to terminate the agreement because the condition has not been satisfied although the same party was responsible for the failure to satisfy the condition. Applicant commercial developer E tried to extricate itself from a contract agreed with defendant A on the basis that a condition was not satisfied. A contended that E should not benefit from non-compliance with its contractual obligation. "Held": Application refused. HC decided that a party should not benefit from its own wrongdoing.