Insights
25th November 2020
Another reminder of the importance of complying with Interim Payment Provisions
Because of the statutory requirement in section 110 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, that every construction contract shall provide an adequate mechanism for determining…
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20th November 2020
Letter of Intent risks highlighted again
All parties routinely involved in construction projects will have come across their fair share of Letters of Intent. On construction projects, parties often come under pressure to commence…
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4th November 2020
Certainty in construction contract payment provisions
It is imperative that a construction contracts payment provisions are clear and comply with the minimum standards in the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (“the 1996…
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2nd October 2020
The Court’s approach to labour claims based on timesheets
Notwithstanding the increase in recent years in the use of biometric data and turnstile data to support claims for hours worked by site labour, the humble timesheet remains,…
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10th September 2020
Building regulations for external cladding
Further to our recent article on the Building Safety Bill (“the Bill”) which is making its way through Parliament. However, if you are a block manager, freeholder of…
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7th August 2020
The Building Safety Bill from the perspective of the occupiers of the buildings
Following on from Ian Seeley’s analysis on the Building Safety Bill (“the Bill”), there is a particular point which we expand upon here, in order to consider the…
6th August 2020
Damages for lost profit on cancelled O&M contract not too remote when preceding D&B contract terminated
In a case that may have significant ramifications for engineering projects, the Privy Council has concluded that a claim for damages for breach of a Design and Build…
4th August 2020
Court proceedings may be stayed until payment of an adjudication award, but won’t be struck out
Following the Court of Appeal’s decision in Grove v S&T, parties to construction contracts know that a paying party in a smash and grab adjudication will need to…
29th July 2020
Building Safety Bill Published
The Government has recently published the Building Safety Bill, which is its attempt to respond to the issues raised by the Grenfell Tower fire, which were highlighted by…
19th June 2020
Does social distancing or the two-metre rule have force of law?
There is plenty of confusion about what you can and cannot do during lockdown and the situation is a fast moving one! There has been significant (and sometimes…