Back-to-back contracting sounds simple, but is it really?
10 April 2024
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28 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…
Read more27 March 2024
Background Payment issues in the construction industry have been well known for some time. With cash flow being critical to the success of construction projects and the solvency of the wider supply chain, late payments or long payment periods create acute points of contention between clients and suppliers. Overall, late payments are considered detrimental because…
Read more15 March 2024
Partners and associates at Sharpe Pritchard, a leader in public sector law, are celebrating its most recent shortlisting for Legal Advisor of the Year at the Partnership Awards 2024. Recognised as the industry’s most significant celebration of excellence in the public-private partnership (PPP) space, the Partnership Awards spotlight those who leverage partnerships to achieve extraordinary…
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We have written previously on the string of recent cases confirming that in judicial review litigation the duty of candour ordinarily requires the names of junior civil servants to be disclosed in unredacted form when providing disclosure. In a recent decision – MTA v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Ors [2024] EWHC…
Read more8 March 2024
One of the UK’s leading public sector law firms, Sharpe Pritchard, is hosting several events and sharing its positive message about investing in up-and-coming female talent as part of its celebration of International Women’s Day. The London law firm is renowned for its people-led growth strategy and has previously been named as one of the…
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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 more29 February 2024
It’s been (another) year in which the Government has tried to carry out the tricky balancing act between getting more houses built and living up to its green credentials. Last year, we reported on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, which was finally enacted on 26 October 2023. In 2023 we helped clients draft amendments to…
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