Ka toa te kaunihera i te pakanga me te kaikirimana

I roto i te keehi Thomas Barnes & Sons plc v Blackburn me te Kaunihera o Darwen Borough [2022] EWHC 2598 (TCC) i whakakorea e te Kōti Matua o Ingarangi te kereme mō te whakamutu mahi hē a te kaiwhakatū ahakoa i whakaae rātou he tika kia whakaroahia te wā.
Kaituhi: Sam Dorne

Ngā meka

Kua whakatau te Kōti Matua o Ingarangi he pai te noho tahi a Blackburn me te Kaunihera o Darwen Borough, i roto i tētahi tautohe me te kamupene kirimana a Thomas Barnes & Sons plc ( Thomas Barnes ) (kei te whakahaere) i kirimana ai te Kaunihera ki te hanga i te teihana pahi hou o te tāone.

I pāngia te kaupapa e te maha o ngā whakaroa, ā, i tono a Thomas Barnes kia whakaroahia te wā. Nā te riri o te Kaunihera i ngā whakaroa, ka whakamutua e ia te kirimana me Thomas Barnes, ā, ka whakatūria he kaimahi kirimana hou. I muri tata mai ka taka a Thomas Barnes ki te whakahaere. I whakapaetia tēnei mō te korenga o te Kaunihera ki te utu i ngā utu wā poto me te whakamutu hē o te kirimana.

I whakahaerea e ngā kaiwhakahaere o Thomas Barnes ngā take ture ki te Kaunihera me te rapu i ngā rongoā maha hei whakahē i te whakamutua o te kirimana. I rapu rātou ki te whakatū i tētahi tika ki te whakaroa i te wā, ā, i tono utu mō te whakamutu hē tata ki te £1.7 miriona.

I whakahē te Kaunihera i te kereme katoa, ā, i kī ko Thomas Barnes te tangata i nama ki te Kaunihera neke atu i te £1.8 miriona. I ahu mai tēnei i ngā whakaritenga kirimana, i te mea i kī te Kaunihera kei roto i ōna mana te whakamutu tika i te kirimana me te utu i a Thomas Barnes mō te utu i utua e ia ki tētahi atu kaiwhakatū hei whakaoti i te mahi.

Heoi, kāore te Kaunihera i whai i tēnei, nā te mea he mahi kore hua tēnei nā te mea kei te whakahaere a Barnes – e ai ki ngā pūrongo ahunga whakamua a ngā kaiwhakahaere – kāore he tumanakohanga mō te whakahoki mai i ngā nama kāore i te tiakina . [1]

Ko ngā tautohe matua e pā ana ki te whakapae mō ngā mahi i muri i te hanganga o ngā mahi rino hanganga i whakaroahia nā te piko me ngā take e pā ana ki tēnā e hiahia ana kia whakatikatikaina, ā, nā tēnā i whakaroa te ara matua. I tautohe a Thomas Barnes ko te Kaunihera te kawenga mō te hoahoa o ngā mahi rino. Heoi, i puta mai tētahi atu whakaroa motuhake i taua wā anō me te mahi hipoki tuanui a Thomas Barnes. Ko te pātai, mēnā i whakakorengia e tēnei whakaroa a te kaiwhakatū ngā take hoahoa rino a te Kaunihera kia kore ai e hiahiatia he whakaroa wā. He tauira tēnei o te 'whakaroa ngātahi'. Koinei te wā e puta ai ngā mahi maha atu i te kotahi i te wā kotahi, ā, he ranunga kawenga i waenga i te kaiwhakatū me te kaituku mahi.

Te whakataunga a te Kōti mō te whakaroa i te wā kotahi

I whakaae te Kōti he nui ngā tautohetohe mō te whakaroa i te wā kotahi i roto i ngā tau o mua, engari kua whakatauhia te ture, ā, kua whakarāpopototia tikatia i roto i te putanga 11 o Keating on Construction Contracts.

Ko te whakamātautau hei whakamahi ko te whakamātautau 'take whai mana', e whakatau ana ka whai mana te kaiwhakatū ki te whakaroa i te wā mēnā ko te kaupapa i whakaarohia he take whai mana mō te whakaroa, ahakoa he take anō i puta i taua wā tonu mō te whakaroa kotahi.

Nō reira, mēnā i whakaroahia te otinga e te whakaroa o te kaitukumahi i te korenga o te whakaroa o te kaitukumahi i taua wā anō, me whakaroa te wā i te nuinga o te wā.

I whakatau te Kōti ko te whāinga matua o tētahi tikanga tātari whakaroa ko te aromatawai i te pānga o te whakaroa ki te otinga mahi i puta mai i ētahi tūemi ki te ara matua ki te otinga. Kei runga tēnei i ngā meka.

I whakatau te Kōti ko te piko o te maitai me ngā take o ngā uhi tuanui i te wā kotahi i whakaroahia ai e ngā uhi tuanui. I runga i te ara matua ngā mahi e rua. I whakaroahia e rāua te mahi i te wā kotahi, ā, nō reira, i tika a Thomas Barnes kia whakaroahia te wā. Nō reira, i tika a Thomas Barnes kia utua ngā utu e pā ana ki te whakaroa.

Heoi, ehara i te mea koinei te mutunga o te take.

I tika te whakakore i te kirimana

I whakatau te Kōti he tika te Kaunihera ki te whakamutu i te kirimana mō te korenga e pā ana ki te whakaroa, ā, ka kiia te kirimana he mea kua whakakorea. Nō reira, i taea e te Kaunihera te tango i a Thomas Barnes i te papaanga me te utu i ngā kaimahi whakakapinga hei whakaoti i ngā mahi. Ko te tikanga o tēnei, kāore he tumanako a Thomas Barnes ki te whakahoki mai i tētahi moni, nā te mea ko tētahi tika i whakatūria e ia i raro i tētahi tātaritanga kaute whakamutunga ka whakakorea e te tika o te Kaunihera ki te whakahoki mai me te whakarite i te utu o te whakaoti i te kirimana e ngā kaimahi whakakapinga. I whakatau te Kaiwhakawā a Stephen Davies kāore he tumanako a Thomas Barnes ki te whakahoki mai i tētahi mea i roto i tēnei tautohe . Nō reira, i whakakorea te kereme.

Whakamutunga

He tino uaua ngā take e pā ana ki te whakaroa i te wā kotahi, nō reira, ko ngā tautohe e puta ake ana i ēnei, me whai whakatau tautohe mai i tētahi rōpū o waho. E whakaatu ana hoki te take i te hiranga o te whakamutu i tētahi kirimana kia mōhio ai he take tika mō te mahi pera, me te whakarite kia tika te whai i ngā mahi whakamutu kia kore ai e puta he kereme whakamutu hē.

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[1] I [8].

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