Blog archive

Last August we reported on the case of Lonsdale v Bresco and the Court of Appeal decision where it was held that a company in liquidation could not refer a dispute to adjudication where there were claims by a company in liquidation and cross claims by the other party...

In August last year, Tim Waters blogged on the VAT reverse charge which at the time was coming into force on 1 October 2019...

The UK Government is planning to introduce a number of major insolvency reforms through the Corporate Rescue and Insolvency Bill...

Here is an article on seven trends that I have noticed emerging during COVID-19...

Responsibility for site conditions is often a source of heated discussion during the negotiation of construction contracts...

The duty to take reasonably practicable steps to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing applies to staff wherever they are working...

Continuing with our systematic analysis of MF/1, we turn now to the role of the Engineer as set out in Section 2 of the MF/1 Contract...

On 18 May, the Construction Leadership Council (“CLC”) published v.4 of its Site Operating Procedure (“SOP”)...

The Construction Leadership Council (“CLC”) published on 7 May 2020 its practical guidance (“Guidance”) to assist companies at all tiers of the construction and maintenance supply chain in minimising potential disputes that might arise as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic...

In March I posted a blog on JCT Coronavirus (COVID-19). Over 6 weeks on, here are some thoughts about  JCT and COVID-19 Developments...

Has there been something of a softening on whether an insolvent company can ever refer a dispute to adjudication if cross claims exists?...

Little did either Robert Weatherley or I anticipate how much shopping would change in such a short period of time when Robert blogged “Shopping isn’t what it used to be”...