Cases - Harbour & General Works Ltd v Environment Agency
Record details
- Name
- Harbour & General Works Ltd v Environment Agency
- Date
- [2000]
- Citation
- 1 WLR 950
- Legislation
- Keywords
- Arbitration - building contract - arbitration proceedings - extension of time limits for commencing arbitration - whether the court should exercise its discretion to extend the time limits for commencing an arbitration - s. 12 of the Arbitration Act 1996
- Summary
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The statutory time limits for commencing arbitration can only be extended where the circumstances are such as to be beyond the reasonable contemplation of the parties to the agreement.