Ruling reveals contractor's need to analyse wording
John F Hunt Demolition v ASME Engineering (Queen's Bench Division - 27 June 2007)
John F Hunt Demolition was employed as a sub-contractor in a project where the main contractor was employed under a JCT With Contractor's Design (1998 edition) contract, which required the employer to
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