Mears v Costplan: Identifying practical completion

By Steven Carey2019-07-18T05:00:00

Steven Carey looks at one of the first cases to apply the recent Mears vs Costplan ruling on identifying practical completion

The case of Willow Corp Sarl vs MTD Contractors Ltd is one of the first to apply the principles on how to spot when practical completion has been achieved that were outlined in the recent Court of Appeal case of Mears Ltd vs Costplan Services (South East) Ltd. Lindy Patterson wrote about this case in her Building article in May.

The court in Willow rightly referred to practical completion as an “elusive concept”. It certainly turned out that way in this case.

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