Contract variation claims

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Variations often arise out of instructions. The courts have considered the power of architects or surveyors to issue instructions which bind the employer.


See Sharpe v San Paulo Railway (1873) LR 8 Ch App 597

See Carlton Contractors v Bexley Corp (1962) 60 L.G.R. 331

See Stockport MBC v O'Reilly (1978) 1 Lloyds Rep 595

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