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001			ABS68595
008			050128n2005 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u128673
100			_aBrewer, G.
245			_aReimbursement of overheads
260			_c2005
490			_aCivil Engineering Surveyor _vDecember/January 2005, 46(1)
520			_aExamines "British Telecommunications plc v Geraghty and Miller International Inc" (QBD 29 July 2004, unreported). Employees of Geraghty had drilled through cables belonging to BT while working on a hole by a main road. Geraghty objected to BT's claim for damages and in particular the percentage uplift that BT claimed for overheads. BT argued it only needed to establish the costs it incurred as a result of the damages, but Geraghty contended that much of what BT sought compensation for were either for economic loss of not directly connected to the physical damage. The judge rejected Geraghty's concerns and held that BT was entitled to recover such overheads as the court decided were caused by the repair work, providing that BT could establish the amounts claimed had been reasonably and properly calculated.
590			_aABS
650			_aNEGLIGENCE
650			_aDAMAGES CLAIM
650			_aREPAIR WORK
650			_aLABOUR COSTS
650			_aBRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC V GERAGHTY AND MILLER INTERNATIONAL INC
650			_aEURO POOLS PLC V CLYDESIDE STEEL FABRICATIONS LTD
650			_aPHEE FARRER JONES V CONNAUGHT MASON
690			_aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-CASE LAW
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999			_c74780 _d74780