The HAB-case

Partner Arve Martin Hyldmo Bjørnvik and Johnny Johansen represented the Company-side in the so-called HAB-case, regarding claims for interruptions and accelerations.

Partner Arve Martin Hyldmo Bjørnvik and Johnny Johansen represented the Company-side in the so-called HAB-case, regarding claims for interruptions and accelerations.

The particular question at hand was the detailed content of the condition for proving causality between alleged circumstances for which Company carries the risk and the monetary claim from the contractor. Both in the supreme court and the following new hearing in the appeal court, this was a big win for the Company side. The supreme court award is probably the most important award on this area the last decade.

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