Contract (Commercial) Law Cases in the UK
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Persimmon Homes Limited v Bellway Homes Limited, [2012] CSOH 60, 3 April 2012  -  Outer House case considering the interpretation of missives between two builders for the sale of land at Broomhouse in Glasgow. The land was to be sold by Bellway to Persimmon for £4.16m. Bellway were to undertake works before the sale and the date of entry was tied to Bellway’s completion of these... more...
East Dunbartonshire Council v Bett Homes Limited formerly Gladedale (Northern) Division Limited, [2012] CSIH 1, 6 January 2012  -  Inner House case concerning tripartite agreement between East Dunbartonshire Council, Bett Homes and Glasgow University. The agreement allowed the Council to sell the Bearsden Academy site to Bett for development and relocate the school to a site at St Andrews College in Bearsden which it was purchasing... more...
EDI Central Limited v. National Car Parks Limited, [2012] CSIH 6, 20 January 2012  -  Inner House case considering an agreement between NCP and EDI for a development at Castle Terrace car park in Edinburgh. The agreement involved EDI being interposed into a lease of the subjects between the City of Edinburgh Council and NCP in return for a capital payment of £5m and then using its... more...
George Wimpey v Alan Henderson, A200/09, 18 October 2011  -  Sheriff court case in which Wimpey sought damages from Mr Henderson in respect of his failure to pay the purchase price for subjects at Ferry Village in Renfrew.  Mr Henderson was acting on behalf of a group of investors who were purchasing multiple properties from Wimpey. Missives were concluded... more...
L. Batley Pet Products Ltd v. North Lanarkshire Council, [2011] CSOH 209, 20 December 2011  -  Outer House Case considering a lease of premises at Wardpark South Industrial Estate in Cumbernauld.  Batley acquired the tenant’s interest in the lease and North Lanarkshire Council were sub-tenants. Central to the dispute was a minute of agreement entered into between Batley’s predecessors... more...
Aberdeen City Council (Respondent) v Stewart Milne Group Limited (Appellant) (Scotland), [2011] UKSC 56, 7 December 2011  -  Supreme Court case concerning the interpretation of commercial missives for Stewart Milne’s purchase of development land from Aberdeen City Council.  The missives contained the following provision for an uplift in the price on the occurrence of certain events: “In addition to the purchase... more...
Port of Leith Housing Association v Mohammed Akram and another, [2011] CSOH 176  -  Outer house case concerning the interpretation of conditional missives and a purification letter relating to the sale of property at Great Junction Street in Leith.  The missives were conditional on the results of ground and site examinations and environmental audits.  Clause 3.2 allowed for... more...
Cheshire Mortgage Corporation Limited and Blemain Finance Limited v Morna Grandison and Balfour & Manson, [2011] CSOH 157  -  Two Outer House cases in which Cheshire Mortgage and Blemain Finance (connected companies) were the victims of a mortgage fraud and sought to sue the solicitors instructed by the fraudsters  (the banks had instructed separate solicitors) for breach of warranty of authority. In each case the fraudsters... more...
Persimmon Homes Limited v. Bellway Homes, [2011] CSOH 149  -  Outer House case considering the interpretation of missives between two builders for the sale of land at Broomhouse in Glasgow. The land was to be sold by Bellway to Persimmon for £4.16m. Bellway were to undertake works before the sale and the date of entry was tied to Bellway’s completion of... more...
Regus (Maxim) Limited v The Bank of Scotland plc, [2011] CSOH 129  -  Outer House case relating to an agreement for lease of subjects at the Maxim office park in North Lanarkshire.  Tritax were owners of the development and Regus were to take a lease of part of the development. Monies were to be made available to Regus in respect of its fit out costs as an incentive.... more...
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