IPA guidance 2025: Managing PFI distress and preparing for expiry
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9 May 2025
In this article, we build upon the insights shared in our previous article, which outlined key considerations when negotiating standard form construction contracts, discussing lessons learnt from a recent case from the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) involving electronic and hard copy versions of the same document: John Sisk and Son Limited and Capital &…
Read more14 March 2025
The First Tier Tribunal (the tribunal) has handed down a judgment in the case of Grey GR Limited Partnership v Edgewater (Stevenage) Limited and others [2025] UKFTT concerning a Remediation Contribution Order (RCO), marking an important development in building safety legal proceedings. As part of the criteria for awarding an RCO, the tribunal must determine…
Read more27 February 2025
In this article, we summarise some important considerations when negotiating standard form construction contracts based on lessons from two recent cases from the Technology and Construction Court (TCC): Workman Properties Ltd v Adi Building And Refurbishment Ltd [2024] EWHC 2627 (TCC) (Workman v Adi); Workman v Adi concerned a dispute regarding design responsibility under an…
Read more5 December 2024
In our August 2024 article (Court of Appeal decides on JCT DB 2016 termination provisions), we reported on the recent Court of Appeal case, Providence Building Services Limited v Hexagon Housing Association Limited [2024] EWCA Civ 962. This case should act as a warning to parties that termination provisions, and the related notice requirements, always…
Read more11 November 2024
The First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) has considered the meaning of “higher-risk building’ (HRB) under section 65 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA). We take a look at the FTT decision in Blomfield and others -v- Monier Road Limited below. A copy of the decision can be found here. An application was made for a Remediation Order…
Read more4 November 2024
Back in July we took a look at what the King’s Speech had in store for the construction industry. We saw grand plans for boosting infrastructure and construction with planning reform and government-led initiatives like GB Energy. What we didn’t see at that point was the funding behind them – so what did the Budget…
Read more24 July 2024
With a new government avowing to ‘get Britain building’, the construction industry has cast a keen eye over the contents of the first King’s Speech of this parliament and will be thinking of what comes after. We look at the key pledges in housebuilding and infrastructure and what might happen next. Housebuilding Arguably taking centre…
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