Weekly law digests

Contract

Walter Lilly and Co Ltd v Clin [2019] EWHC 945 (TCC), [2019] All ER (D) 133 (Apr)

The claimant construction company’s claim against the defendant employer succeeded, in proceedings concerning a venture to develop two houses in London in a Conservation Area. The Technology and Construction Court held that, among other things, Conservation Area Consent (CAC) had been required, and that the defendant had been in breach of an implied term by failing to use all due diligence to obtain the CAC.

European Union

Línea Directa Aseguradora, SA v Segurcaixa, Sociedad Anónima de Seguros y Reaseguros C-100/18, [2019] All ER (D) 120 (Jun)

A vehicle parked in a private garage of a building which had not been moved for more than 24 hours, used in accordance with its function as a means of transport, had caught fire which had originated in the electrical circuit of that vehicle and had caused damage to that building. In proceedings concerning the reimbursement of the compensation which an insurance company had paid to the owner of the