Litigation Notes

High Court finds no prospect of establishing implied terms of good faith in framework agreements for network services

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 32: General update

High Court finds breach of express obligations of good faith but no loss

Commercial litigation podcast series – Episode 16: General update

Contractual duties of good faith: Court of Appeal confirms context is king

Joint Operating Agreement arguably a “relational contract” but Commercial Court declines to imply duty of good faith or Braganza duty

How far can you act in your own self-interest? The role of good faith in commercial contracts

High Court provides guidance on relational contracts and implied duties of good faith

Court finds veto right in share option agreement was discretionary and could not be exercised capriciously, arbitrarily or unreasonably

Where a share option agreement provided that the option could be exercised only with board consent, the High Court has ordered specific performance of …

Court of Appeal considers implied variation and good faith in relation to contractual rights of termination

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision granting summary judgment to a defendant in relation to an allegation that it had wrongfully terminated a …

No implied obligation of good faith in exercising contractual right of termination

The High Court has again considered the circumstances in which a duty of good faith will be implied into a contract, rejecting an argument that a party's …

Court of Appeal finds innocent party could not affirm contract following repudiatory breach where defaulting party unable (not just unwilling) to perform

The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision that a party was not entitled to keep a contract alive for the purpose of claiming ongoing liquidated damages …