Court:
Court of Appeal
Subject:
Contract, Tort, Negligence, Civil Procedure
Catchwords:
Tort-Negligence-Duty of care-Whether contractor has a duty to warn the client of a deficiency in design by a third-party contractor-Whether breach of duty-Whether breach caused damage
Contract-Verbal contract-Causation-Delay in completion of work-Whether request for an indemnity caused delay-Reasonableness off request-Whether breach of contract due to delay
Civil procedure-Costs-General rule in part and part costs-Whether to depart from general general rule and a Sanderson or Bullock order
Document Type:
Year:
2026
Suit/Claim number:
COA2022CV00114
Neutral Citation:
[2026] JMCA Civ 4
Judge(s):
McDonald-Bishop P, Dunbar and Laing