Posted by Andrew Ash, Partner
S&T (UK) Limited v Grove Developments Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2448 – Court of Appeal upholds Coulson J’s first instance decision – “Smash and grabs” – but there’s still life in the old dog yet
The Court of Appeal has today handed down its decision on the appeal by Grove Developments Limited against the first instance decision by Coulson J, in which he decided that a party who had failed to issue an effective payment or pay less notice against a contractor’s application for interim payment could refer a dispute as to the true value of the Contractor’s works to adjudication.
