Imperial Chemical Industries v Bovis Construction and others
Language: English Series: Construction Industry Law Letter ; 1992 CILL 776-778(3)Publication details: 1992Subject(s): Summary: ORC 17 February 1992. This action arose out of refurbishment and reconstruction of I`s corporate headquarters. I brought proceedings against the management contractor, the architects and the consulting engineers. The essence of the case was that by reason of breach of their obligations to I by each defendant, including the failure to co-ordinate and supervise works, the works took much longer and cost much more than they should have done. No attempt was made in the schedule of claims to link any particular defendant to any particular loss. A global claim was made for the sum of £19m plus professional fees. I accepted a plea from the defendants that the claim for delay and disruption was inadequately pleaded and I was ordered to serve new particulars. This was also unsatisfactory and I was ordered to serve a Scott Schedule containing inter alia the alleged complaint, the defendant against whom the complaint was made, which clause of the agreement had been breached and the alleged fact| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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ORC 17 February 1992. This action arose out of refurbishment and reconstruction of I`s corporate headquarters. I brought proceedings against the management contractor, the architects and the consulting engineers. The essence of the case was that by reason of breach of their obligations to I by each defendant, including the failure to co-ordinate and supervise works, the works took much longer and cost much more than they should have done. No attempt was made in the schedule of claims to link any particular defendant to any particular loss. A global claim was made for the sum of £19m plus professional fees. I accepted a plea from the defendants that the claim for delay and disruption was inadequately pleaded and I was ordered to serve new particulars. This was also unsatisfactory and I was ordered to serve a Scott Schedule containing inter alia the alleged complaint, the defendant against whom the complaint was made, which clause of the agreement had been breached and the alleged fact