UK Supreme Court, Contract Termination

Drafters Beware: Key 2023 English High Court Cases That May Affect Your Commercial Contracts in 2024 and Beyond…

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/29/2023

Although the general principles of English contractual law did not see a dramatic overhaul in 2023, parties to commercial contracts should still be aware of a number of cases in 2023 that tweaked, clarified or confirmed areas...more

Enforceability of Penalties for Late Delivery in the UK: UK Supreme Court Confirms the Law of Liquidated Damages

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice on 7/1/2022

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

Point Taken: The UK Supreme Court Finally Confirms the General Law of Liquidated Damages (LDs)

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 3/21/2022

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

Case Update: Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd [2021] UKSC 29

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 12/30/2021

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

Supreme Court Clarifies the Position Under English Law on Recovery of Liquidated Damages in the Event of Termination

King & Spalding on 8/3/2021

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

Third time lucky: Supreme Court allows recovery of liquidated damages in Triple Point v PTT

BCLP on 7/29/2021

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

Back To The Traditional Approach: Supreme Court Overturns Court Of Appeal Decision On Liquidated Damages In Triple Point

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 7/28/2021

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

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