Amending JCT Design & Build Contract – lessons learnt from recent case law.
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Those on the losing end of an adjudication often look to a breach of natural justice in order to avoid enforcement of the decision. Though certainly possible, successfully arguing such a breach can certainly be a tough nut to crack. Two recent cases help demonstrate where the threshold lies in a key area for natural…
Read more28 March 2024
The Health and Safety Executive (“HSE”) has extended the deadline for the registration of Registered Building Inspectors (“RBIs”) to 6 July 2024 following industry concerns. Back in April 2023, the HSE set out its strategic context for the regulation of the building control framework as a result of the changes introduced by the Building Safety…
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Condition precedents are common in various commercial agreements. In this article, we discuss the court’s general approach to considering contractual condition precedents, and whether, particularly after the recent case of Lancashire Schools SPC Phase 2 Limited v Lendlease Construction (Europe) Limited and Others [2024] EWHC 37 (TCC), the court may be prepared to disregard them. What…
Read more17 January 2024
Smash and grab adjudications are a perpetual thorn in employers’ sides. A claim will pop up that a pay less notice has been missed and significant sums are now owed. Employers then need to cobble together procedural arguments to resist the claim. That’s hard enough as it is. But what if the contractor could also…
Read more17 August 2023
During the course of land assembly exercises or the purchase or sale of plots of land, occasionally a parcel of land is identified which is either unregistered or is registered to a third party and in both cases, a client may have been using that parcel as if it were their own for a period…
Read more18 July 2023
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill (the “Bill” or ‘Martyn’s Law’) was published by the UK government on 2nd May 2023. The Bill is currently in draft and is being reviewed by the Home Affairs Select Committee, therefore subject to amendment prior to any subsequent introduction to Parliament. The Bill is intended to enhance public…
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