Devonshires

9/9/2025 12:56:31 PM

When nomination process affects adjudication enforcement: RNJM Limited v Purpose Social Homes Limited

By Kathryn Kligerman Will O'Brien Holly Mason

In RNJM Limited v Purpose Social Homes Limited [2025] EWHC 2224 (TCC), a respondent to an application for enforcement of an adjudicator’s...

9/1/2025 4:08:23 PM

Clegg Food Projects Limited v Prestige Car Direct Properties Limited [2025] EWHC 2173

By James Mapley Will O'Brien John O'Mahony

The August break is reserved by the Technology and Construction Court for “applications of real urgency [to] be dealt with”[1]. In a...

8/29/2025 9:14:45 AM

Ardmore Construction Limited enters administration

By Will O'Brien Jim Varley

Public court records confirm that Ardmore Construction Limited (ACL) filed a formal notice of appointment of administrators yesterday, 28...

8/28/2025 8:13:08 AM

Epping Forest injunction case in the Court of Appeal today

By Hannah Langford Will O'Brien

It’s rare for planning cases, let alone enforcement proceedings, to make headline news however the application for permission to appeal...

8/21/2025 1:07:41 PM

No one size fits all: grant of injunction to prevent planning breach

By Will O'Brien Hannah Langford Camilla Weston

The law provides that the Court must carefully undertake a balancing exercise on the facts when a local planning authority applies to...

7/22/2025 10:09:47 AM

Peabody Successful in Court of Appeal Judgment

By Alicia Ogborn Will O'Brien Mark London

Devonshires successfully acted for Peabody Trust (“Peabody”) in an appeal to the Court of Appeal (see judgment), in Peabody’s claim...

7/9/2025 8:49:32 AM

Whose property is it anyway? High Court refuses to make a vesting order where company dissolved

By Will O'Brien Rosemary Pijper

When an English company is dissolved whilst still owning assets, those assets (normally a property) vest in the Crown. Where a freehold...

6/30/2025 8:00:44 AM

New Resolution Process for Building Safety Claims in the TCC and FTT

By Alicia Ogborn Will O'Brien

The Building Safety Act Working Group announced on Friday 20 June 2025 that it intends to introduce a new streamlined resolution process...

6/27/2025 1:24:45 PM

Beyond the Fine Print: Are Penalty Clauses Enforceable?

By Prateek Sharma Michael Lewis Will O'Brien

English law recognises the autonomy of contracting parties, subject to some exceptions in terms of consumer contracts and tenancy...

6/23/2025 2:59:53 PM

The FTT finds that legal costs of Remediation Order and Remediation Contribution Order applications can be recovered via a RCO

By Zoe McLean-Wells Will O'Brien

The First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) recently arrived at its decision in respect of a Remediation Order (RO) pursuant to section 123 of the...

6/18/2025 1:09:24 PM

Midas v Harmsworth: Security for costs in adjudication enforcement

By Will O'Brien John O'Mahony

Where an insolvent party has the benefit of an adjudication decision, it must provide sufficient security for the Defendant’s legal costs...

5/30/2025 11:03:49 AM

Roof garden storeys: new MHCLG guidance reiterates that FTT is wrong

By Will O'Brien

Back in October 2024, a ruling of the First-Tier Tribunal cast doubt over the accuracy and legality of Government guidance as to...

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