Legal terms explained: the prevention principle

‘The essence of the prevention principle is that the promisee cannot insist upon the performance of an obligation which he has prevented the promisor from performing’ (see Multiplex Constructions (UK) Ltd v Honeywell Control Systems Ltd (No 2) [2007] BLR 195).

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