Practical Training for Project Managers & Supervisors Two-Part Webinar Series: Part Two
Discussing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the 2020 Election
Construction Delays in the Time of Coronavirus: A Legal Perspective
II-30- Tackling 3 Big Wage and Hour Questions for Employers
Employment Law This Week: Wellness Program Regulations, Cumulative Liquidated Damages, ACA Transgender Discrimination Rules, Form I-9
For some time the position under English law relating to the recovery of liquidated damages from a contractor as penalty for late delivery has been unclear where the contract terminates before the contractor completes the...more
On 9 February 2022, our Hogan Lovells Singapore International Arbitration practice, together with Fountain Court Chambers, co-hosted their fourth annual seminar on contentious areas of commercial law, including the law on...more
In a long-awaited decision which overturned the Court of Appeal’s ruling in the Triple Point Technology vs PTT Public Company case, the UK Supreme Court confirmed the general law of LDs, which is that—absent clear words to...more
In a decision welcomed by many practitioners in the United Kingdom and further abroad, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom recently settled the law on the application of liquidated damages in circumstance where a contract...more
Importantly for commercial parties, the decision indicates that parties are assumed to be aware of this approach. Liquidated damages clauses provide pre-agreed remedies for contracting parties in the event of particular...more
The UK Supreme Court has recently confirmed an important principle regarding the application of liquidated damages clauses. In Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd, the Supreme Court confirmed that, as a...more
The UK Supreme Court recently handed down a highly anticipated judgment on the interpretation of clauses which pertain to liquidated damages and limitations on a contractor’s liability for damages. Most notably, the Supreme...more
Liquidated damages for delay and termination rights are standard and familiar components of construction contracts. However, very few contracts address how liquidated damages operate in the event of termination. The English...more
Those you of you with an interest in construction law will no doubt have heard of the case of Triple Point v PTT, which concerned whether liquidated damages (LDs) are payable in the event of termination. The first...more
The Supreme Court’s recent decision has restored the orthodox approach to interpreting liquidated damages clauses and has brought some certainty following the Court of Appeal’s judgment in 2019. It has also emphasised the...more
In Triple Point Technology v PTT, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has restored the orthodox position on how termination prior to completion of work affects the operation of a liquidated damages provision. ...more
The English Supreme Court has delivered its long-awaited judgment in Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd [2021] UKSC 29. Although the case concerns a commodity trading software system, it has broad...more
The UK Supreme Court has held that accrued liquidated damages survived termination where the contractor never completed the work in question....more
Liquidated damages provisions in contracts are unenforceable if they constitute a "penalty". The past few years have seen subtle but important shifts in how the concept of a penalty is defined. A recent decision from the...more
The UK Supreme Court has recently clarified the English (and Scottish) law on penalties in the (joint) appeals in Cavendish Square Holding BV v Talal El Makdessi (“Cavendish”) and ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis [2015] UKSC 67...more
Last week, the U.K. Supreme Court (UKSC) changed the law on liquidated damages clauses (LDCs), giving parties greater freedom to decide on damages for contractual breaches. The case may cause Canadian courts to revise the law...more