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Ltd v Derbyshire County Council

Resource Recovery Solutions (Derbyshire) Ltd (in administration) v Derbyshire County Council & Derby City Council [2023] EWHC 708 (TCC)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of Justice (Technology and Construction Court)
Year2023
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

On a summary judgment / strike-out application raising short points of contractual interpretation, the court may determine the construction issues where the claimant has no real prospect of succeeding on its contended construction; the proper construction of the contract is assessed objectively against its language and the project (here a long-term waste-management PFI/Project Agreement) context.

Area of Law

General

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