An update on Siemens Building Technologies FE Ltd v Supershield Ltd [2009] EWHC 927 (TCC), which considered whether a sub-sub-contractor could settle a claim against it by a sub-contractor and then claim the amount of the settlement from its sub-sub-sub-contractor.

Note added 22.01.10: The defendant's appeal against this judgment was unsuccessful in the Court of Appeal (see Legal update, Court of Appeal upholds TCC judgment on reasonableness of a settlement).