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No point in cracking the whip - There is no implied obligation to proceed regularly and diligently

24 January 2012

Leander Construction Ltd V Mulalley & Company Ltd [2011] EWHC 3449 (TCC)

In this recent case, the TCC held that in contracts where a completion date is expressly stated, there will be no implied term requiring a contractor/ sub-contractor to proceed regularly and diligently with its works

Caroline Robertson, HBJ Gately summarises the decision