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Practical Completion: Clarifying A “Trifling” Topic

The core issue in dispute concerned whether practical completion of two blocks of student accommodation had been achieved. Mears Limited (“Mears” or the “Employer”) had engaged Plymouth (Notte Street) ...
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'Easier to recognise than define' - English Court of Appeal considers "practical completion" for the first time in fifty years

The Court of Appeal in Mears Limited v Costplan Services (South East) Limited & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 502, in a judgment published on 29 March 2019, has considered the meaning of "practical completion" ...