URS Corporation v BDW Trading Ltd (Record no. 122182)

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Title URS Corporation v BDW Trading Ltd
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Place of publication [2025] UKSC 21,
Publisher UK Supreme Court
Date 21 May 2025
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Abstract Appeal against decision in Court of Appeal dismissed. Where a developer aimed to remedy defects due to faulty design and carried out repairs to buildings it no longer owned, there was no "voluntariness principle" which operated as a bright-line rule of law to place the developer's losses outside the duty of care owed by the designer. Although the developer had repaired property which no longer belonged to it without any legally enforceable obligation to do so, it was arguable that it had had no realistic alternative in view of the risk that defects might cause injury to occupants and reputational damage to the developer, such that it was not exercising sufficiently full and free choice in effecting the repairs. <br/><br/>The issues were whether BDW had suffered actionable damage, or whether the damage was outside the scope of the duty of care or too remote because it was voluntarily incurred; whether s.135 of the Building Safety Act 2022 applied; whether URS owed a duty to BDW under s.1(1)(a) of the Defective Premises Act 1972 and, if so, whether BDW's losses were recoverable for breach of that duty; and whether BDW was entitled to bring a claim against URS under s.1 of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978 notwithstanding that there had been no judgment or settlement between BDW and any third party.<br/>
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Keywords BUILDING SAFETY ACT 2022
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Keywords CIVIL LIABILITY (CONTRIBUTION) ACT 1978
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Keywords DEFECTIVE PREMISES ACT 1972
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Keywords DEFECTIVE WORKS
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Keywords LIABILITY
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Keywords PROPERTY DEVELOPERS
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Keywords RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
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Geographic name United Kingdom
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Uniform Resource Identifier https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2023-0110
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