Romal Capital—the developer behind the large apartment blocks in Peel’s Liverpool Waters project already occupied and a final phase of the project well underway with some residents now in place—has been in a court battle with Peel over breach of contract claims which they won in a High Court ruling passed down today 18.11.25.
Romal Capital claimed that Peel “moved the goalposts” on their land lease agreement, resulting in Romal failing to secure planning approval for two much larger blocks on the land where the Liverpool Waters blocks now stand. A judge has agreed, adding “There was a total lack of endeavour on the part of Peel to seek to integrate Romal’s designs with its own designs for Central Docks.”
The court will award Romal significant damages, based on the likely difference in profits that Romal could have made on the sales and ground rents of those larger blocks, plus interest. Place North West reports the figure could be in the region of £10 million.
Romal Capital have already delivered much of the planned developments in Central Docks Liverpool Waters. Quay Central was completed in March 2019 and it’s companion block Park Central was completed in May 2020. Work is now underway on the 3rd stage of the project Mauretania which is due for completion in Q2 2026 whilst the final phase was already finished in Q1 2025 called Aquitania and both apartment blocks are part of Romal’s West Waterloo Place neighbourhood.
You can read about the court case and the verdict handed down today by Judge Mr Justice Fancourt in the following news articles:
- Place North West: Romal successfully sues Peel… 18.11.25
- The Business Desk: Developer triumphs in ‘David v Goliath’ Liverpool waters court battle… 18.11.25
- Liverpool Echo: Peel loses multi-million pound Liverpool waterfront battle 18.11.25
- Keating Chambers: Romal Capital (C02) Ltd v Peel L&P (Ports) Ltd 18.11.25
- Courts & Tribunals Judiciary: Romal v Peel (judgement and press summary) 18.11.25