Good faith in construction contracts - Revision history

Designing Buildings at 08:41, 8 March 2023

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	* Duty to warn.		* Duty to warn.
	* Good faith – good grief.		* Good faith – good grief.
		+	* Good will.
	* Implied terms.		* Implied terms.
	* Joinder.		* Joinder.

Designing Buildings at 10:03, 25 January 2023

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	If the parties to a contract wish to enforce a particular sort of behaviour they should include express terms to that effect.		If the parties to a contract wish to enforce a particular sort of behaviour they should include express terms to that effect.

−	= Related articles on Designing Buildings ~~Wiki~~ =	+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

	* Alternative dispute resolution.		* Alternative dispute resolution.
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	* Record keeping.		* Record keeping.
	* TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited.		* TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited.
−		+	* Utmost good faith.
−	~~= External references. =~~	+
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−	* [[w/index.php?title=W/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DHttp:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002	+
−	* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. ~~2013~~	+

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Designing Buildings at 08:29, 11 October 2020

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	= External references. =		= External references. =

−	* [[w/index.php?title=W/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DHttp:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002	+	* [[w/index.php?title=W/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DHttp:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002
	* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013		* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013

−	[[Category:~~Case_law~~]] [[Category:~~DCN_Case_Law~~]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]	+	[[Category:DCN_Case_Law]] [[Category:DCN_Definition]] [[Category:DCN_Guidance]] [[Category:Case_law]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]

Editor at 12:27, 28 November 2019

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	In the 1992 case of Walford v Miles, a clause requiring negotiation to be carried out in good faith was considered ‘unworkable in practice’, but in 2002, in the case of Cable & Wireless v IBM, a requirement to act in good faith in relation to alternative dispute resolution was considered clear enough to be enforceable, as it included actions that were necessary to comply with the obligation.		In the 1992 case of Walford v Miles, a clause requiring negotiation to be carried out in good faith was considered ‘unworkable in practice’, but in 2002, in the case of Cable & Wireless v IBM, a requirement to act in good faith in relation to alternative dispute resolution was considered clear enough to be enforceable, as it included actions that were necessary to comply with the obligation.

−	In Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust in 2013, the NHS won ~~their~~ appeal against enforcement of a good faith clause as the original decision was considered to have applied the obligation too broadly, rather than to just the specific instances expressly set out in the contract. Also in 2013, in TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited, the court found that a duty of good faith did not apply to a termination clause as the ~~express~~ terms allowed either party to terminate for any or no reason.	+	In Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust in 2013, the NHS won its appeal against enforcement of a good faith clause as the original decision was considered to have applied the obligation too broadly, rather than to just the specific instances expressly set out in the contract. Also in 2013, in TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited, the court found that a duty of good faith did not apply to a termination clause as the expressed terms allowed either party to terminate for any or no reason.

	It seems therefore that for such clauses to be enforceable, they need to set out specific obligations that demonstrate compliance.		It seems therefore that for such clauses to be enforceable, they need to set out specific obligations that demonstrate compliance.

−	This is an ever-changing area of the law, and in the future the courts may give more weight to good faith clauses, however, at present, the interpretation of how clear an obligation to act in good faith needs to be is likely to be judged on a case by case basis. This brings into question whether it is the inclusion of the phrase 'good faith' that should be relied on, or just the related express terms, which would stand even without the inclusion of the phrase.	+	This is an ever-changing area of the law, and in the future, the courts may give more weight to good faith clauses, however, at present, the interpretation of how clear an obligation to act in good faith needs to be is likely to be judged on a case by case basis. This brings into question whether it is the inclusion of the phrase 'good faith' that should be relied on, or just the related express terms, which would stand even without the inclusion of the phrase.

	If the parties to a contract wish to enforce a particular sort of behaviour they should include express terms to that effect.		If the parties to a contract wish to enforce a particular sort of behaviour they should include express terms to that effect.
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	* TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited.		* TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited.

−	=== External references. ===	+	= External references. =

−	* [[w/index.php?title=W/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DHttp:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002	+	* [[w/index.php?title=W/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DHttp:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002
	* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013		* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013

−	[[Category:Case_law]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]	+	[[Category:Case_law]] [[Category:DCN_Case_Law]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]

Editor at 15:54, 1 October 2018

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	If the parties to a contract wish to enforce a particular sort of behaviour they should include express terms to that effect.		If the parties to a contract wish to enforce a particular sort of behaviour they should include express terms to that effect.

−	~~= Find out more =~~	+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki =
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−	=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki~~. ==~~=	+

	* Alternative dispute resolution.		* Alternative dispute resolution.
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	* Best endeavours v reasonable endeavours.		* Best endeavours v reasonable endeavours.
	* Construction contracts.		* Construction contracts.
		+	* Duty.
	* Duty of care.		* Duty of care.
	* Duty to warn.		* Duty to warn.
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	=== External references. ===		=== External references. ===

−	* [[w/index.php?title=W/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DHttp:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002	+	* [[w/index.php?title=W/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DHttp:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002
	* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013		* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013

	[[Category:Case_law]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]		[[Category:Case_law]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]

Designing Buildings at 13:03, 29 September 2016

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	* Arbitration.		* Arbitration.
	* Best endeavours v reasonable endeavours.		* Best endeavours v reasonable endeavours.
−	* ~~Contracts~~.	+	* Construction contracts.
	* Duty of care.		* Duty of care.
	* Duty to warn.		* Duty to warn.
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	=== External references. ===		=== External references. ===

−	* [[w/index.php?title=W/index.php%3Ftitle%3DHttp:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002	+	* [[w/index.php?title=W/index.php%3Ftitle%3DW/index.php%3Ftitle%3DHttp:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002
	* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013		* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013

	[[Category:Case_law]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]		[[Category:Case_law]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]

Editor at 17:15, 25 January 2016

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	* Negligence.		* Negligence.
	* Reasonable skill and care.		* Reasonable skill and care.
		+	* Record keeping.
	* TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited.		* TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited.

	=== External references. ===		=== External references. ===

−	* [[w/index.php?title=~~Http~~:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002	+	* [[w/index.php?title=W/index.php%3Ftitle%3DHttp:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002
	* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013		* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013

	[[Category:Case_law]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]		[[Category:Case_law]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]

Editor at 16:24, 22 January 2016

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	An obligation for parties to act in ‘good faith’ is not generally implied in commercial contracts.		An obligation for parties to act in ‘good faith’ is not generally implied in commercial contracts.

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	There may be an expectation that in the event of disputes, adjudicators, arbitrators or the courts will take such clauses into account when considering the behaviour of the parties, that is, they will imply a general obligation to behave in a particular way. However, good faith clauses do not modify other express terms in a contract, and so unless they are supported by specific contractual obligations, such an interpretation might not stand up.		There may be an expectation that in the event of disputes, adjudicators, arbitrators or the courts will take such clauses into account when considering the behaviour of the parties, that is, they will imply a general obligation to behave in a particular way. However, good faith clauses do not modify other express terms in a contract, and so unless they are supported by specific contractual obligations, such an interpretation might not stand up.

−	In the 1992 case of Walford v Miles, a clause requiring negotiation to be carried out in good faith was considered ‘unworkable in practice’, but in 2002, in the case of Cable & Wireless v IBM, a requirement to act in good faith in relation to alternative dispute resolution was considered clear enough to be enforceable, as it included actions that were necessary to comply with the obligation.	+	In the 1992 case of Walford v Miles, a clause requiring negotiation to be carried out in good faith was considered ‘unworkable in practice’, but in 2002, in the case of Cable & Wireless v IBM, a requirement to act in good faith in relation to alternative dispute resolution was considered clear enough to be enforceable, as it included actions that were necessary to comply with the obligation.

	In Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust in 2013, the NHS won their appeal against enforcement of a good faith clause as the original decision was considered to have applied the obligation too broadly, rather than to just the specific instances expressly set out in the contract. Also in 2013, in TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited, the court found that a duty of good faith did not apply to a termination clause as the express terms allowed either party to terminate for any or no reason.		In Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust in 2013, the NHS won their appeal against enforcement of a good faith clause as the original decision was considered to have applied the obligation too broadly, rather than to just the specific instances expressly set out in the contract. Also in 2013, in TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited, the court found that a duty of good faith did not apply to a termination clause as the express terms allowed either party to terminate for any or no reason.
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	=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki. ===		=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki. ===
−	*Alternative dispute resolution.	+
−	*Adjudication.	+	* Alternative dispute resolution.
−	*Arbitration.	+	* Adjudication.
−	*Best endeavours v reasonable endeavours.	+	* Arbitration.
−	*Contracts.	+	* Best endeavours v reasonable endeavours.
−	*Duty of care.	+	* Contracts.
−	*Duty to warn.	+	* Duty of care.
−	*Good faith – good grief.	+	* Duty to warn.
−	*Implied terms.	+	* Good faith – good grief.
−	*Negligence.	+	* Implied terms.
−	*Reasonable skill and care.	+	* Joinder.
−	*TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited.	+	* Negligence.
		+	* Reasonable skill and care.
		+	* TSG Building Services Plc v South Anglia Housing Limited.

	=== External references. ===		=== External references. ===
−	*[[Http%3A%2Fwww.bailii.org%2Few%2Fcases%2FEWHC%2FComm%2F2002%2F2059.html\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002
−	*[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013

−	[[Category:Case_law]]	+	* [[w/index.php?title=Http:/www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2002/2059.html&action=edit&redlink=1\|Cable & Wireless v IBM]]. 2002
−	[[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]	+	* [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013
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		+	[[Category:Case_law]] [[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]

Designing Buildings at 11:04, 24 November 2014

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	*Adjudication.		*Adjudication.
	*Arbitration.		*Arbitration.
		+	*Best endeavours v reasonable endeavours.
	*Contracts.		*Contracts.
	*Duty of care.		*Duty of care.
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	*[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013		*[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/200.html Compass Group v Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust]. 2013

−	~~[[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]~~
	[[Category:Case_law]]		[[Category:Case_law]]
		+	[[Category:Contracts_/_payment]]

Designing Buildings at 14:44, 13 February 2014

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	It seems therefore that for such clauses to be enforceable, they need to set out specific obligations that demonstrate compliance.		It seems therefore that for such clauses to be enforceable, they need to set out specific obligations that demonstrate compliance.

−	This is an ever-changing area of the law, and in the future the courts may give more weight to good faith clauses, however, at present, the interpretation of how clear an obligation to act in good faith needs to be is likely to be judged on a case by case basis. This brings into question whether it is the inclusion of the phrase 'good faith' that should be relied on, or just the related express terms, which would stand even without the inclusion of the ~~term~~.	+	This is an ever-changing area of the law, and in the future the courts may give more weight to good faith clauses, however, at present, the interpretation of how clear an obligation to act in good faith needs to be is likely to be judged on a case by case basis. This brings into question whether it is the inclusion of the phrase 'good faith' that should be relied on, or just the related express terms, which would stand even without the inclusion of the phrase.

−	If the parties to a contract wish ~~to agree~~ to enforce a particular sort of behaviour they ~~might be better to~~ include express terms to that effect.	+	If the parties to a contract wish to enforce a particular sort of behaviour they should include express terms to that effect.

	= Find out more =		= Find out more =