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Case studies · from the courts

Eleven real disputes. Graded by the judges.

We do not have customer logos yet - we have something harder to argue with. Each study below is a real dispute from a published judgment, reconstructed into a project record and run through datum blind. The court's own findings mark the engine's work. When pilot clients go live, their stories join this page - with their permission and their numbers.

Walter Lilly v Mackay

Walter Lilly & Co v Mackay [2012] EWHC 1773 (TCC)

The landmark London EOT judgment: full extension of time to practical completion. datum also drafted and exported the claim - 26 of 26 factual sentences carried verified citations.

16 documents · dating 100% · 11/11 court events found (100%)

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Multiplex v Honeywell

Multiplex v Honeywell (No. 2) [2007] EWHC 447 (TCC)

Wembley Stadium: revised programmes as acts of prevention; the time-at-large argument dismissed.

12 documents · dating 100% · 12/12 court events found (100%)

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De Beers v Atos

De Beers UK v Atos Origin [2010] EWHC 3276 (TCC)

A delayed IT programme, not a building site - the same method reads any dated project record.

14 documents · dating 100% · 11/12 court events found (92%)

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Obrascon v Gibraltar

Obrascon Huarte Lain v AG for Gibraltar [2014] EWHC 1028 (TCC)

FIDIC Yellow Book - the Gulf's contract family. Clause 20.1 notice timing decided the claim.

14 documents · dating 100% · 11/12 court events found (92%)

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Bluewater v Mercon

Bluewater v Mercon [2014] EWHC 2132 (TCC)

Offshore fabrication: milestones, variation orders, notice of default, termination.

14 documents · dating 100% · 11/12 court events found (92%)

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Thomas Barnes v Blackburn

Thomas Barnes v Blackburn with Darwen BC [2022] EWHC 2598 (TCC)

Modern concurrent-delay analysis: employer-risk steel remedials against contractor-risk roof delay.

14 documents · dating 100% · 11/12 court events found (92%)

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Costain v Haswell

Costain v Charles Haswell [2009] EWHC 3140 (TCC)

A critical-path fight over piled foundations - which delay actually drove completion.

13 documents · dating 100% · 10/12 court events found (83%)

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Cleveland Bridge v Severfield

Cleveland Bridge v Severfield-Rowen [2012] EWHC 3652 (TCC)

Steelwork for The Shard: 42 days of culpable fabrication delay found against the subcontractor.

14 documents · dating 100% · 10/12 court events found (83%)

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Adyard v SD Marine

Adyard Abu Dhabi v SD Marine [2011] EWHC 848 (Comm)

An Abu Dhabi shipyard: the prevention principle and concurrency under English law.

14 documents · dating 100% · 8/12 court events found (67%)

Regulatory correspondence - events are positions stated inside long letters.

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Van Oord v Allseas

Van Oord v Allseas [2015] EWHC 3074 (TCC)

A GBP 10m disruption claim dismissed for poor substantiation - the cautionary tale datum exists to prevent.

14 documents · dating 100% · 8/12 court events found (67%)

Claim letters recounting months of history - many events buried per document.

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Fluor v SZHI

Fluor v Shanghai Zhenhua [2016] EWHC 2062 (TCC)

Offshore wind foundations: weld cracking, NCR chains and re-inspection campaigns.

14 documents · dating 100% · 9/12 court events found (75%)

Dense NCR documents carrying several dated facts each - the hardest extraction shape.

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