Hearings
England & Wales
10 Feb 1982 [1982] ICR 654, QBD (Sir Douglas Frank QC)
31 Jan 1984 [1984] ICR 419; (1984) 128 SJ 279, CA (Eveleigh, Griffiths and Kerr LJJ)
B & S Contracts and Design Ltd v Victor Green Publications Ltd
Subject Matter
CONTRACT — Exceptions clause — Strike — Contract to prepare hall for exhibition — Strike threat by contractors' workforce unless ex gratia payment made — Payment by defendants to avoid cancellation of exhibition — Whether payment made under duress — Deduction of equivalent sum from contract price — Whether contractors entitled to rely on exception clause
[1982] ICR 654, QBD
[1984] ICR 419; (1984) 128 SJ 279, CA
Appellate History
B & S Contracts and Design Ltd v Victor Green Publications Ltd [1982] ICR 654, QBD
Decision of Sir Douglas Frank QC sitting as a deputy judge of the Queen's Bench Division affirmed
B & S Contracts and Design Ltd v Victor Green Publications Ltd [1984] ICR 419; (1984) 128 SJ 279, CA