The devil is in the detail

Patterson, Lindy

The devil is in the detail - 2006 - Construction News (6950) 30 March 2006, 29(1) .

Emphasises the importance of ensuring that the contents of notices comply with contractual requirements and that service is effected in the correct manner and to the correct person, in the context of the decisions in "Shawton Engineering Ltd v DGP International Ltd" ([2005] EWCA Civ 1359, L131718), "Scrabster Harbour Trust v Mowlem plc" ([2005] Scot CS CSOH 44, unreported), and "Bernuth Lines Ltd v High Seas Shipping Ltd" ([2005] EWHC 3020 (Comm), L132502).


SHAWTON ENGINEERING LTD V DGP INTERNATIONAL LTD AND ANOTHER
SCRABSTER HARBOUR TRUST V MOWLEM PLC
BERNUTH LINES LIMITED V HIGH SEAS SHIPPING LIMITED
GOODWIN AND SONS V FAWCETT