Cases - Robertson Group (Construction) Ltd v Amey-Miller (Edinburgh) Joint Venture and Others

Record details

Name

Robertson Group (Construction) Ltd v Amey-Miller (Edinburgh) Joint Venture and Others

Date

[2005]

Citation

ScotCS CSIH 89

Keywords

Construction – litigation – loss and expenses – letter of intent – construction of letter of intent – construction contract – interpretation of construction contract – payment clause – profits – 'all direct costs and directly incurred losses' – overheads and profits

Summary

Robertson were proceeding under the terms of a letter of intent that provided that they would be reimbursed 'all direct costs and directly incurred losses'. Robertson interpreted this provision as entitling them to recover head office overheads and profit. Amey-Miller disagreed.

On an interpretation of the relevant clauses and of the letter of intent as a whole the court concluded that the letter of intent could not have been intended to limit Robertson's recovery only to reimbursement of its outlays.