Construction focus: Delay damages and termination – order is restored

What happens to an employer’s rights to liquidated damages for delay when a building contract is terminated before practical completion of the works has been achieved? Dan Cudlipp and Candice Johnson discuss a case that made it to the Supreme Court The consequence of the Supreme Court’s considerations was that while penalties remain outlawed, that …
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Cases Referenced

  • Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi; ParkingEye Limited v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67
  • Stocznia Gdynia SA v Gearbulk Holdings Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 75
  • Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 230