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Court of Appeal (England and Wales) upholds TCC strike-outs; DPA 1972 damages mirror contract; no conventional diminution where remediation agreed; schedules of loss cannot add unpleaded claims

Published on: 31 October 2025

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Wilson and another v HB (SWA) Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1360

What was the background?

The appellants, Mr and Mrs Wilson, were previous leaseholders of two flats in the Celestia development, Cardiff, a residential scheme completed in 2007 with Redrow Homes (South Wales) Ltd acting as the developer. The respondent, HB (SWA) Ltd, has taken over Redrow’s rights and liabilities. The Wilsons issued proceedings against the defendant seeking damages after fire safety shortcomings and other defects were discovered at the building. The causes of action advanced were breach of contract (breach of implied terms in the leases) and/or breach of the duty owed under section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 (DPA 1972). Their Schedule of Loss set out nine heads of loss, seven of which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) struck out as too remote or purely hypothetical; see News Analysis: Damages under the Defective Premises Act 1972—what’s recoverable? (Wilson v HB(SWA)). The Wilsons appealed.

What did the court decide?

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal...

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