Weekly law digests

Building contract

Nua Facades Ltd and other companies v Brady (trading as Terry Brady Developments Ltd) [2019] EWHC 2184 (TCC), [2019] All ER (D) 06 (Sep)

The claimants’ claim regarding sums allegedly payable arising out of a construction dispute succeeded. The court held that, among other things, the evidence did not give rise to the suspicion of impropriety or provide evidence of the improper understanding or agreement on which the defendant relied.

Contract

Volumatic Ltd v Ideas for Life Ltd [2019] EWHC 2273 (IPEC), [2019] All ER (D) 01 (Sep)

The claimant’s action seeking specific performance of an alleged agreement between it and the defendant was dismissed on the grounds that there had been no binding agreement between the parties. The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court held that there had been no intention to create legal relations and therefore no binding contract.

Family proceedings

Moher v Moher [2019] EWCA Civ 1482, [2019] All ER (D) 99 (Aug)

The appellant husband’s core contention, that a judge was required to evaluate the scale of the undisclosed