Cases - Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust v Watkins Gray International (UK)

Record details

Name

Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust v Watkins Gray International (UK)

Date

[2001]

Citation

3 TCLR 3

Legislation

Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978

Keywords

Construction – litigation – loss and expenses – contribution – co-defendant – liability in respect of the same damage

Summary

It was held that where the NHS trust had taken proceedings against an architect in relation to the granting of extensions of time to contractors, the architect could not enjoin the contractor as co-defendant, where the liability of the contractor and the architect was shown not to be 'in respect of the same damage'.