Rohan Construction Ltd v Antigen Ltd

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Court: High Court
• Judgment Date: 01 January 1989
• Date: 01 January 1989

(H.C.)

Rohan Construction Ltd

and

Antigen Ltd

Summary judgment -RIAI standard form building contract - Stay dependent upon entitlement to set-off - Whether provisions of contract inconsistent with right of set-off - Entitlement to set off - Arbitration Act, 1980 (No. 7), s. 5 - Rules of the Superior Courts, 1986 (S.I. No. 15), O. 42, r. 17.

The plaintiff, a building contractor, had contracted to perform certain works for the defendant. The contract was in the ordinary standard form of the Royal Institute of Architects of...