Cases - Re Yeadon Waterworks Co v Wright

Record details

Name

Re Yeadon Waterworks Co v Wright

Date

(1895)

Citation

72 LT 538

Keywords

Construction contracts - liquidated damages - repudiation - special clause to keep alive liquidated damages clause following repudiation - whether special clause enforceable

Summary

In this case, the Court of Appeal held that it was permissible in to uphold a special clause that has the effect of keeping the provisions for the payment of liquidated damages alive following a repudiation, even though by that stage the work had been taken out of the hands of the original contractor.