The Golden Thread of Information Unravelled: Navigating the Golden Thread Guidance for Higher-Risk Buildings
10 September 2024
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21 August 2024
The Court of Appeal handed down its Judgment last week overturning the decision of the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) in relation to the proper construction of termination provisions in a JCT 2016 Design & Build form of Contract. Facts In February 2019 Hexagon and Providence entered into an amended JCT Design & Build 2016…
Read more7 August 2024
Whilst school is out for the summer, school related construction work certainly isn’t. The summer holiday period provides the perfect opportunity for construction works to be carried out to take advantage of the empty corridors and abandoned playing fields. Local Authorities (“LAs”) have a statutory obligation to ensure efficient primary, secondary, and further education, often…
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…
Read more12 July 2024
The Supreme Court handed down a significant and much-anticipated judgment for the construction industry on Tuesday in the case of Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Augusta 2008 LLP (formerly Simply Construct UK LLP) on whether a collateral warranty is a construction contract under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (the Act). The…
Read more9 July 2024
Rob Hann, (Head of Local Government at Sharpe Pritchard) looks back at the local government PFI investment programme rolled out between 1997 and 2010 under the successive Blair/Brown led Labour administrations and explores whether there are lessons to be learned for any new local government investment programme as Sir Keir Starmer’s led Labour Government takes…
Read more2 July 2024
Smash and grab adjudications arise when a contractor under a construction contract has made a payment application to which the employer has yet to respond with a payment or pay less notice. As a result, the contractor can accrue a right to payment for sums claimed without any reference to the substance of the sums…
Read more20 May 2024
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…
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