Blind eyes and bloody kids
Akenhead, R.
Blind eyes and bloody kids - 2004 - Building 269(8356) 5 November 2004, 51(1) .
Argues for contractors to be aware of defects or dangers in their building work even if they do what the contract requires. Relevant cases are mentioned including "Plant construction v Clive Adams Associates" ([2000] BLR 205), where a builder was obliged to warn of a dangerous design defect of which it was aware. In "Gabriel v Kirklees Metropolitan Council" ([2004] EWCA Civ 345) the CA held that a defendant may be liable for damage caused by the deliberate wrongdoing of a third party where a defendant negligently permits or causes a state of danger to be created on their land.
DEFECTS AND FAILURES
PLANT CONSTRUCTION V CLIVE ADAMS ASSOCIATES
GABRIEL V KIRKLEES METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
CONTRACTOR LIABILITY
Blind eyes and bloody kids - 2004 - Building 269(8356) 5 November 2004, 51(1) .
Argues for contractors to be aware of defects or dangers in their building work even if they do what the contract requires. Relevant cases are mentioned including "Plant construction v Clive Adams Associates" ([2000] BLR 205), where a builder was obliged to warn of a dangerous design defect of which it was aware. In "Gabriel v Kirklees Metropolitan Council" ([2004] EWCA Civ 345) the CA held that a defendant may be liable for damage caused by the deliberate wrongdoing of a third party where a defendant negligently permits or causes a state of danger to be created on their land.
DEFECTS AND FAILURES
PLANT CONSTRUCTION V CLIVE ADAMS ASSOCIATES
GABRIEL V KIRKLEES METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
CONTRACTOR LIABILITY