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Introduction Termination at will (or termination for convenience) is a clause that gives a party to a contract the right to terminate a contract without having to give a reason. Such provisions are often a ‘must have’ for public authorities. This right does not exist automatically at law and must be drafted into a contract….

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In this case the court considered when Part 8 proceedings can be validly brought in enforcement of adjudications. Background The dispute itself centred around the adjudicator’s findings that Red Key Concepts Ltd, the contractor, were liable to pay Breakshore Ltd, the employer, liquidated damages following delays to the works. The delays had occurred because Red…

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Earlier this month, the High Court handed down its judgment on the latest in the line of ‘Good Law Project’ (‘GLP’) procurement challenges. (The King (on the application of the Good Law Project Limited) v The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care v Abingdon Health Plc [2022] EWHC 2468 (TCC)) This challenge related…

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Yesterday the Government introduced into Parliament the Energy Prices Bill. The draft can be found here. The Bill is being “fast-tracked” through Parliament. This is to ensure households and businesses receive the benefits in their bills asap. Things we knew about before Some of what the Bill does has been well publicised. For households, there…

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