Beaumont Business Centres Ltd V Florala Properties Ltd. (March 2020)
Tom Reynolds
Director at established consultancy practice specialising in providing sustainable building solutions throughout the UK.
This case, heard by the High Court in March this year, has significant implications for all developers working in central metropolitan areas.
Rather than compensation, which has in recent cases been the common resolution when both parties are commercial owners, the court granted an injunction ordering the demolition of part of a completed extension to the building owned by Florala Ltd .
In addition; the value of an award for damages to Beaumont Business Centre, had the injunction not been approved, was based on a hypothetical negotiation rather than the more usual calculated damages. This resulted in a much higher value for damages than would otherwise have been the case.
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