Good faith: reliance on the repugnant – Practical Law: Construction Blog

Posted October 21st, 2022 in appeals, construction industry, contracts, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘English law has, to put it mildly, a fractious relationship with the concept of good faith. There is a deep-rooted scepticism towards it that has often manifested as outright hostility: Lord Ackner famously described the duty to negotiate in good faith as “inherently repugnant to the adversarial position of the parties” (Walford v Miles). Indeed, the Supreme Court has recently confirmed that there is no general principle of good faith in English law (Times Travel (UK) Ltd and another v Pakistan International Airlines Corp).’

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Practical Law: Construction Blog , 19th October 2022

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