Interim Payments: Room for rent

Deidre Goodwin analyses Eeles applications and the case for reviewing Roberts v Johnstone ‘The leit motif running through reported Eeles and trial decisions is that Roberts v Johnstone [1989] is an imperfect solution.’Has the time come to reconsider the validity of the apparently immutable Roberts v Johnstone [1989] principle in order to provide a fairer …
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Interim payments: Advance but with ‘disciplined and structured’ caution

Dr Jock Mackenzie and Richard Lodge provide their annual update on interim payments and the Eeles principles ‘It appears the issue causing the most contention between the parties and difficulty for the court is the need for an interim payment to fund the purchase and adaptation of a property.’ In the third of our annual …
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