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035 _a(Sirsi) u55427
041 _aeng
245 _aMid Glamorgan CC v J Devonald Williams and Partner
260 _c1992
350 _a0
490 _aConstruction Law Journal
_v8(1) 1992, 61-72(7)
520 _aORB 17 September 1991. The plaintiff council, M, engaged the defendant architects, D, to design and supervise alteration and extension works on a college. Works were completed September 1984 and the final certificate was issued May 1986. In May 1988 M issued proceedings against D on the grounds that they had failed to supply information timeously, failed to warn of shortcomings in the design and appointed an inexperienced project architect, thereby delaying completion. M claimed additional preliminaries, loss caused by delay and disruption of the works and additional fluctuations. D requested further particulars which were issued in May 1991. D remained dissatisfied and requested more information and applied to strike out part of the claim on the grounds that paragraphs of the statement may prejudice, embarrass or delay the fair trial of the action and were an abuse of the process of the court. It was held that where a claim is made for extra costs incurred through delay as a result
650 _aALTERATIONS
650 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING CONTRACT FORMS
650 _aCLAIMS
650 _aCONTRACT CLAIMS
650 _aDELAY
650 _aLOSS AND EXPENSE
690 _aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-CASE LAW
942 _n0
948 _c04/03/1997
999 _c33860
_d33860