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Richard Fernyhough KC

Peabody Donation Fund (Governors) v Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co Ltd [1985] AC 210.
Rush & Tompkins Ltd v Greater London Council [1987] 43 BLR 1.
D & F Estates Ltd v Church Commissioners for England [1989] 1 AC 177 (with Donald Keating QC).
Acsim (Southern) Limited v Dancon, Danish Construction and Development Company Limited [1989] 10 WLUK 340 (with Marcus Taverner KC).
King v Thomas McKenna Ltd (1990) 54 BLR 48 CA.
A Cameron Ltd v John Mowlem & Co plc (1990) 25 ConLR 11 (with Dr Robert Gaitskell KC).
Richard Roberts Holdings Ltd v Douglas Smith Stimson [1990] 46 BLR 50.
Trolex Products Limited v Merrol Fire Protection Engineers Limited [1991] EWCA Civ J1120-9 (with Marcus Taverner KC).
Phillips HK v Attorney General for Hong Kong (1993) 61 BLR 41.
Balfour Beatty Building Ltd v Chestermount Properties Ltd (1993) 62 BLR 1.
St Martins Property Corporation Ltd v Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd [1994] 1 AC 85, 115 (with Marcus Taverner KC).
Harmon CFEM Facades (UK) Limited v Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (No. 1) (1999) 67 Con LR 1.
P&O Developments Limited v The Guys and St. Thomas National Health Service Trust (1999) BLR 3 (with Marcus Taverner KC).
100 Old Broad Street Ltd and others v de Burgh Sidley and others [1999] All ER (D) 432.
Zanen Dredging and Contracting Co Ltd v Costain Civil Engineering Ltd (1996) 12 Const. L.J. 129 (with Dr Robert Gaitskell KC).

John Uff KC

Home Counties Dairies Ltd v Woods [1977] 1 All ER 869.
Fairclough Building Ltd v Rhuddlan Borough Council (1983) 3 ConLR 20 (with Donald Keating QC).
Basildon District Council v J E Lesser (Properties) Ltd and others [1985] 1 All ER 20 (with John Marrin KC).
Southern Water Authority v Carey [1985] 2 All ER 1077.
Viking Grain Storge v T H White Installations Ltd (1985) 3 ConLR 52 (with Richard Fernyhough KC).
Portico Housing Association Ltd v Brian Moorehead and Partners 6 ConLR 1, [1985] CILL 155, 1 Const LJ 226 (with Dr Robert Gaitskell KC).
Secretary of State for the Environment v Essex Goodman & Suggit (a firm) and others [1986] 2 All ER 69.
J F Finnegan Ltd v Sheffield City Council (1988) 43 BLR 124 (with Marcus Taverner KC).
Department of the Environment v Thomas Bates & Son (New Towns Commission, third party) [1990] 2 All ER 943.
Beaufort House Development Ltd v Zimmcor International Inc and others (1990) 27 ConLR 101 (with Tim Elliot KC).
Trolex Products Limited v Merrol Fire Protection Engineers Limited [1991] EWCA Civ J1120-9 (with Dr Robert Gaitskell KC).
Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Costain Management Design Ltd (1991) 26 Con LR 141 (with Marcus Taverner KC).
Midland Bank Plc v Bardgrove Property Services Ltd [1992] 60 BLR 1.
McAlpine Humberoak Ltd v McDermott International Inc (No 1) [1992] 58 BLR.
Rotherham MBC v Frank Haslam Milan & Co Ltd [1996] C.L.C 1378 (with Alan Steynor).

Dr Christopher Thomas KC

British Anzani (Felixstowe) Ltd v International Marine Management (UK) Ltd [1979] 2 All ER 1063.
Viking Grain Storge v T H White Installations Ltd (1985) 3 ConLR 52.
The Imperial College of Science and Technology v Norman & Dawbarn (a firm) (1986) 8 ConLR 107 (with Donald Keating KC).
Croudace Ltd v The London Borough of Lambeth (1986) 33 BLR 20.
Dorset County Council v Southern Felt Roofing Ltd (1989) 29 ConLR 61 (with Marcus Taverner KC).
Lamacrest (Contracts) Ltd v JI Case Europe Ltd (1991) 58 BLR 42 (CA).
Kier Construction Ltd v Royal Insurance UK Ltd (1992) 30 ConLR 45.
McAlpine Humberoak v McDermott International (1992) 58 BLR 1 (CA).
Monk Construction Ltd v Norwich Union Life Assurance Society (1992) 62 BLR 107 (CA) (with Philip Boulding KC).
Schal International Ltd v Norwich Union Life Assurance Society (1992) 28 Con LR 129.
Wates Construction (South) Ltd v Bredero Fleet Ltd (1993) 63 BLR 128.
Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd v Unex Corporation Ltd (1994) 70 BLR 26 (with Rosemary Jackson KC).
Sheffield Development Corporation v Glossop Sectional Buildings Ltd (1994) 40 EG 132 (CA).
Bernhard’s Rugby Landscapes Ltd v Stockley Park Consortium Ltd [1998] All ER (D) 249 (with Adrian Williamson KC).
Amec Civil Engineering Ltd v Cheshire County Council (1999) BLR 303.
100 Old Broad Street Ltd and others v de Burgh Sidley and others [1999] All ER (D) 432.

John Marrin KC

Hart v Aga Khan Foundation (UK) [1984] 2 All ER 439.
Basildon District Council v J E Lesser (Properties) Ltd and others [1985] 1 All ER 20 (with John Uff KC).
Press Construction Ltd and others v Pilkington Brothers plc and others (1985) 8 ConLR 80.
Hospitals for Sick Children Board of Governors v McLaughlin & Harvey plc [1987] CILL 372.
Lowfield Distribution Ltd v Modern Engineering (Bristol) Ltd and another (1988) 15 ConLR 27.
Tara Engineering v Moorfield Developments (1989) 46 BLR 72.
Hudson v Elmbridge Borough Council [1991] 4 All ER 55.
The Mayor and Burgesses of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames v AMEC Civil Engineering Limited (1993) 35 Con LR 39.
Fairclough Building Ltd v Port Talbot BC [1994] C.L.Y 337 (with Marcus Taverner KC).
Wiltshier Construction (South) Limited v Parkers Developments Limited [1996] Lexis Citation 2496.

Stephen Furst KC

Chelmsford District Council v T J Evers 4 ConLR 98, 25 BLR 99, [1983] CILL 39, 1 Const LJ 65.
Peabody Donation Fund (Governors) v Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co Ltd [1985] AC 210.
R. M. Douglas Construction Ltd v Welsh Health Technical Services Organisation and others (1985) 5 ConLR 90.
R M Douglas Construction Ltd v Bass Leisure Ltd (1990) 25 ConLR 38.
Balfour Beatty Building Ltd v Chestermount Properties Ltd (1993) 62 BLR 1.
Darlington Borough Council v Wiltshier Northern Ltd (Lowes and others third parties), [1995] 3 All ER 895 (with Alexander Nissen KC) (Court of Appeal).
Finnegan (J F) Ltd v Community Housing Association Ltd (1995) 77 BLR 22 (Court of Appeal).
Try Build Ltd v Invicta Leisure Tennis Ltd (1996) 71 ConLR 140 (with Robert Evans).
Strachan & Henshaw Ltd v Stein Industrie (UK) Ltd and another (1997) 63 ConLR 160.
Tesco Stores Ltd v Norman Hitchcox Partnership (1997) 56 Con LR 42 (with Piers Stansfield).
Gloucestershire Health Authority and others v M A Torpy & Partners Ltd (t/a Torpy & Partners) and another (1997) 55 ConLR 124 (with Rosemary Jackson KC).
Bouygues UK Ltd v Dahl-Jensen UK Ltd [1999] All ER (D) 1281.
Henry Boot Construction Ltd v Alstom Combined Cycles Ltd [1999] All ER (D) 67 (with Adrian Williamson KC).
Macob Civil Engineering Ltd v Morrison Construction Ltd [1999] All ER (D) 143.

Timothy Elliot KC

Fairclough Building Ltd v Rhuddlan Borough Council (1983) 3 ConLR 20.
Beaufort House Development Ltd v Zimmcor International Inc and others (1990) 27 ConLR 101 (with John Uff KC).
Barclays Bank v Fairclough Building Ltd [1994] EWCA Civ 3 (with Adrian Williamson KC).
British Sugar Plc v NEI Power Projects Ltd [1997] EWCA Civ 2438.
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust v Secretary of State for Health (1997) 56 Con LR 1.
Laing Management Ltd v Aegon Insurance Company (UK) Ltd [1997] EWHC QB 374.
Tesco Stores Ltd v Norman Hitchcox Partnership (1997) 56 Con LR 42.
Floods of Queensferry Ltd v Shand Construction Ltd (1999) BLR 319.
Harbour and General Works Ltd v Environment Agency (1999) BLR 143.

Dr Robert Gaitskell KC

Chelmsford District Council v T J Evers 4 ConLR 98, 25 BLR 99, [1983] CILL 39, 1 Const LJ 65.
Greater London Council v Rush & Tomkins (1984) 81 LSG 2624 (Court of Appeal).
Portico Housing Association Ltd v Brian Moorehead and Partners 6 ConLR 1, [1985] CILL 155, 1 Const LJ 226 (with John Uff KC).
Consultants Group International v John Worman Ltd (1985) 9 ConLR 46.
Thomas and others v T. A. Phillips (Builders) Ltd and Taff Ely Borough Council (1985) 9 ConLR 72.
Holland Hannen & Cubitts (Northern) Ltd v Welsh Health Technical Services Organisation [1985] C.I.L.L. 217.
Lubenham Fidelities & Investment Co Ltd v South Pembrokeshire DC (1986) 2 Const. L.J. 111 (Court of Appeal).
Westlake v Bracknell District Council (1987) 19 HLR 375, [1987] 1 EGLR 161, 282 Estates Gazette 868.
Norbury Holdings Ltd v London Electricity Board [1988] Lexis Citation 1072.
Imodco Limited v Wimpey Major Projects Limited Taylor Woodrow International Limited (1988) 40 BLR 1.
Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Reading St. Matthew v Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners (A Firm) [1989] 10 WLUK 360 (Court of Appeal).
A Cameron Ltd v John Mowlem & Co plc (1990) 25 ConLR 11 (with Richard Fernyhough).
Trolex Products Limited v Merrol Fire Protection Engineers Limited [1991] EWCA Civ J1120-9 (with John Uff KC).
Zanen Dredging and Contracting Co Ltd v Costain Civil Engineering Ltd (1996) 12 Const. L.J. 129 (with Richard Fernyhough KC).

Philip Boulding KC

Courtenay-Evans and another v Stuart Passey & Associates (a firm) and another (Greater London Council third party), [1986] 1 All ER 932.
Cheffick Ltd v JDM Associates (1990) 43 BLR 52 (Court of Appeal).
Marion Ellis Easter v The Riches and Blythin Partnership (A Firm) and Michael Lane [1992] 2 WLUK 350 (Court of Appeal).
John Lelliott (Contracts) Ltd v Byrne Bros (Formwork) Ltd (1992) 31 ConLR 89.
Colonel Foods Limited v Cummings Eland Partnership (A Firm) [1992] 2 WLUK 350.
Monk Construction Ltd v Norwich Union Life Assurance Society (1992) 62 BLR 107. (CA) (with Dr Christopher Thomas).
Optilon Ltd v Commission for the New Towns [1993] 2 EGLR 89.
JFS (UK) Ltd (formerly Johnson Filtration Systems Ltd) v South West Water Services Ltd [1998] 5 WLUK 12.

Marcus Taverner KC

Lorne Stewart Ltd v William Sindall plc and another (1986) 11 ConLR 99.
J F Finnegan Ltd v Sheffield City Council (1988) 43 BLR 124 (with John Uff KC).
Stormont Main Working Men's Club & Institute Ltd v J Roscoe Milne Partnership (a firm) (1988) 13 ConLR 127.
Acsim (Southern) Limited v Dancon, Danish Construction and Development Company Limited [1989] 10 WLUK 340 (with Richard Fernyhough KC).
Dorset County Council v Southern Felt Roofing Ltd (1989) 29 ConLR 61 (with Dr Christopher Thomas KC).
Mid-Glamorgan County Council v Land Authority for Wales (1990) 32 ConLR 50.
Scobie & McIntosh Ltd v Clayton Bowmore Ltd (1990) 23 ConLR 78.
Howard de Walden Estates Ltd v Costain Management Design Ltd (1991) 26 Con LR 141 (with John Uff KC).
Trolex Products Limited v Merrol Fire Protection Engineers Limited [1991] EWCA Civ J1120-9 (with Richard Fernyhough KC).
Pigott Foundations Ltd v Shepherd Construction Ltd (1993) 42 ConLR 98.
Giffen (Electrical Contractors) Ltd v Drake & Scull Engineering Ltd and Others; Femwork Ventilation Ltd v Drake & Scull Engineering Ltd (1993) 37 ConLR 84.
St Martins Property Corporation Ltd v Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd [1994] 1 AC 85, 115 (with Richard Fernyhough KC).
Fairclough Building Ltd v Port Talbot BC [1994] C.L.Y 337 (with John Marris KC).
North Thames Regional Health Authority v Sheppard Robson (a firm) and another (1995) 50 ConLR 79 (Court of Appeal).
Vascroft (Contractors) Ltd v SeeboardPlc [1996] C.L.Y 1127.
University of Reading v Miller Construction Ltd [1996] C.L.Y 1138.
Roche Products Ltd v Freeman Process Systems Ltd; Black Country Development Corp v Kier Construction Ltd [1997] C.L.Y 922.
W G Birch Construction Ltd v Chaddington Property and Development Co Ltd [1997] Lexis Citation 5038 (Court of Appeal).
Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust v Hammon (No. 3) [1999] B.L.R. 385.
Paddington Churches Housing Association v Technical and General Guarantee Co Ltd [1999] B.L.R 244.
Robin Ellis Ltd v Malwright Ltd [1999] BLR 81.
Oxford University Fixed Assets Ltd v Architects Design Partnership [1999] C.L.C 631.
London Underground Ltd v Kenchington Ford Plc [1999] C.L.Y 789.
P&O Developments Limited v The Guys and St. Thomas National Health Service Trust (1999) BLR 3 (with Richard Fernyhough KC).

Adrian Williamson KC

Home Insulation Limited v Parin Talati [1988] 12 WLUK 231 (Court of Appeal).
Aughton Ltd (formerly Aughton Group Ltd) v MF Kent Services Ltd (1991) 57 BLR 1.
Springfield Contractors Limited v Stalham Securities Limited Crispin Industrial Developments Limited [1992] 2 WLUK 419 (Court of Appeal).
Wates Construction (South) Ltd v Bredero Fleet Ltd (1993) 63 BLR 133.
MacJordan Construction Ltd v Brookmount Erostin Ltd [1994] C.L.C. 581 (Court of Appeal).
West Faulkner Associates (a firm) v Newham London Borough Council (1994) 42 ConLR 144.
Babcock Energy Ltd v Lodge Sturtevant Ltd (1994) 41 ConLR 45.
Barclays Bank v Fairclough Building Ltd [1994] EWCA Civ 3 (with Tim Elliot KC).
Birse Construction Ltd v Haiste Ltd [1996] 2 All ER 1.
Ledwood Construction Ltd v Kier Construction Ltd [1996] 7 WLUK 204.
Tesco Stores Ltd v Wards Construction (Investment) Ltd; Clark Care Group Ltd v Maidstone BC [1996] C.L.Y 4448.
Blaenau Gwent BC v Robinson Jones Design Partnership Ltd [1997] C.L.Y 727.
Hytec Information Systems Ltd v Coventry City Council [1996] EWCA Civ 1099.
Bernhard's Rugby Landscapes Ltd v Stockley Park Consortium Ltd (1998) 14 Const. L.J. 329.
J Murphy & Sons Ltd v ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation (Signal) Ltd [1998] All ER (D) 718.
Electrotec Services Ltd v Issa Nicholas (Grenada) Ltd (No. 2) (1998) 52 WIR 140 (Privy Council).
Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office v Percy Thomas Partnership [1998] 1 WLUK 229.
Imperial Square Developments (Hoxton) Ltd v Aegon Insurance Co (UK) Ltd [1999] C.L.Y 562.
DemolitionServices Ltd v Castle Vale Housing Action Trust Ltd (1999) 79 Con LR 55 (with Alexander Nissen KC).
Henry Boot Construction Ltd v Alstom Combined Cycles Ltd [1999] All ER (D) 67 (with Stephen Furst KC).
Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust v Hammond (No.1) [1999] BLR 162.
Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust v Hammond (No. 2) [1999] 7 WLUK 233.
Hartley v British Railways Board and another [1999] Lexis Citation 4487 (Court of Appeal).

David Thomas KC

Hatchwell v Sweby [1986] Lexis Citation 1215 (Court of Appeal).
Beaumont v Humberts [1988] 2 EGLR 171, [1988] 29 EG 104
Dorset County Council v Southern Felt Roofing Ltd (1989) 29 ConLR 61
Davy Offshore Ltd v Emerald Field Contracting Ltd (1991) 27 ConLR 138
GPT Realisations Ltd (in administrative receivership and in liquidation) v Panatown Ltd (1992) 31 ConLR 16
Padmanor Investments Ltd v Soundcraft Electronics Ltd (Derrick Wade & Waters (Southern) Ltd and another third parties), [1995] 4 All ER 683.
Chesham Properties Ltd v Bucknall Austin Project Management Services Ltd and others (1996) 53 ConLR 1.

Rosemary Jackson KC

Nottingham HA v Nottingham City Council [1988] 1 WLR 903.
Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd v Parsons Brown & Newton Limited [1990] 11 WLUK 9.
J.A. Johnson (Electrical Contractors) Limited v Wes Electrical Services Limited [1991] 4 WLUK 55 (Court of Appeal).
Alfred McAlpine Construction Ltd v Unex Corporation Ltd (1994) 70 BLR 26 (with Dr Christopher Thomas KC).
Costain Civil Engineering Ltd v Zanen Dredging and Contracting Co Ltd (No. 1) (1996) 85 BLR 77.
Gloucestershire Health Authority and others v M A Torpy & Partners Ltd (t/a Torpy & Partners) and another (1997) 55 ConLR 124 (with Dr Christopher Thomas KC).
Tarmac Construction Ltd v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [1997] C.L.Y. 945.
Costain Civil Engineering Ltd v Zanen Dredging and Contracting Co Ltd (No.2) (1998) 14 Const. L.J. 44.
Gbangbola v Smith & Sherriff Ltd [1998] 3 All E.R. 730.
Matthew Hall Ortech Ltd v Tarmac Roadstone Ltd [1998] C.L.Y 807.
Gloucestershire HA v MA Torpy & Partners Ltd (t/a Torpy & Partners) (No. 2) [1999] Lloyd’s Rep. I. R. 203.
JFS (UK) Ltd v Dwr Cymru Cyf (No.2) [1999] C.L.Y. 5035.

Alan Steynor

Comley and Comley v Kent County Council (1977) 34 P. & C.R. 218.
Robert Baxendale Ltd v Davstone (Holdings) Ltd [1982] 1 W.L.R. 1385.
Courtenay-Evans and another v Stuart Passey & Associates (a firm) and another (Greater London Council third party), [1986] 1 All ER 932.
H. Peel Limited v Muirgold Limited [1986] 11 WLUK 207.
PF Ahern & Sons v Hunt [1988] 21 E.G 69 (Court of Appeal).
Barratt Southampton Ltd v Fairclough Building Ltd (1988) 27 ConLR 62.
Scobie & McIntosh Ltd v Clayton Bowmore Ltd (1990) 23 ConLR 78.
Emson Eastern Ltd (in receivership) v EME Developments Ltd (1991) 26 ConLR 57.
Knight Frank & Rutley v Randolph [1991] 1 EGLR 46.
Othieno v Cooper (1991) 27 ConLR 30.
W.M. Copeland Consultancy (a firm) v Birmingham Mosque Trust Limited [1992] 7 WLUK 84 (Court of Appeal).
Lindenberg v Canning and Others (1992) 29 ConLR 71.
Rotherham MBC v Frank Haslam Milan & Co Ltd [1996] C.L.C 1378 (with John Uff KC).
Cresspark Ltd v Wymering Mansions Ltd [1996] E.G. 63 (C.S.).
Vokins Holdings Ltd v Robin Moors Allnutt & Partners [1996] C.L.C. 584 (Court of Appeal).
Hall & Tawse South Ltd v Ivory Gate Ltd [1999] C.L.Y. 803.
Stent Foundations Ltd v Carillion Construction (Contracts) Ltd (1999) 78 Con LR 188.

Robert Evans

Callaghan and Welton (t/a RW Construction) v Hewgate Construction Ltd [1995] C.L.C 747.
Try Build Ltd v Invicta Leisure Tennis Ltd (1996) 71 ConLR 140 (with Stephen Furst KC).
Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd v Birse Construction Ltd [1997] C.L.C 1290 (with Richard Fernyhough KC).
Cothliff Ltd v Allen Budd (North West) Ltd (1999) CILL 1530.
Palmers Ltd v ABB Power Construction Ltd [1999] C.L.Y. 805.