Difficult sums
Bingham, T
Difficult sums - 2001 - Building 266(8182) 27 April 2001, 52-53(2) .
Considers the case of "Beechwood Development Company (Scotland) Ltd v Stuart Mitchell t/a Discovery Land Surveys" in which Beechwood, a housebuilder, was awarded £31,000 damages for losses incurred from a delayed start to a building contract. Argues that an adjudicator may have come to a different conclusion on the basis that Beechwood was only temporarily out of pocket, and the lost time could have been made up in the longer term.
HUDSON FORMULA
BEECHWOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (SCOTLAND) V STUART MITCHELL T/A DISCOVERY LAND SURVEYS
DELAYS
MANAGEMENT-DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-DISPUTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION-ADJUDICATION
CONTRACT CLAIMS
CALCULATION OF LOSS
Difficult sums - 2001 - Building 266(8182) 27 April 2001, 52-53(2) .
Considers the case of "Beechwood Development Company (Scotland) Ltd v Stuart Mitchell t/a Discovery Land Surveys" in which Beechwood, a housebuilder, was awarded £31,000 damages for losses incurred from a delayed start to a building contract. Argues that an adjudicator may have come to a different conclusion on the basis that Beechwood was only temporarily out of pocket, and the lost time could have been made up in the longer term.
HUDSON FORMULA
BEECHWOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (SCOTLAND) V STUART MITCHELL T/A DISCOVERY LAND SURVEYS
DELAYS
MANAGEMENT-DISPUTE AVOIDANCE, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-DISPUTE MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION-ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION-ADJUDICATION
CONTRACT CLAIMS
CALCULATION OF LOSS