Medirest: An Update: Lack of faith

Bristows | Procurement & Outsourcing Journal | May/June 2013 #12
In a follow-up article, Helen Rose and Adam Laverty analyse the Court of Appeal decision in Medirest The Court of Appeal rejected Medirest’s submission that there was an implied general duty of good faith under the contract, re-iterating that there is no general doctrine of good faith in English contract law.The recent Court of Appeal …

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Contract: Keep the faith

Bristows | Procurement & Outsourcing Journal | March/April 2013 #11
Helen Rose and Sean Ibbetson look at the lessons to be learned from Medirest Contracting parties may need to consider the effect of an obligation to act in good faith even where they have not agreed an express obligation to that effect.Obligations in commercial agreements to act in good faith are now common, particularly in …

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Construction Focus

John Starr | Property Law Journal | May 2012 #290
John Starr reviews cases concerning an obligation to act in good faith, and a negligence claim averted ‘Schedule 8 of the JCT Standard Building Contract contains a clause requiring the parties to work with each other in a co-operative and collaborative manner, in good faith and in a spirit of trust and respect.’ Keep the …

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Update: Raising the bar

Jack Hayward | Procurement & Outsourcing Journal | May/June 2012 #6
Jack Hayward reports on new opportunities for practitioners ‘When challenging public procurement awards, the remedies are usually found within reg 47 of the Public Contract Regulations 2006’I attended the procurement law day at Bangor University in North Wales on the 30th March held by the Institute for Competition and Procurement Studies. I chaired the session …

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