Blog archive

For some time the industry has been concerned about the level of fees on low value disputes. To address this, TeCSA has recently launched a pilot of its Low Value Disputes (LVD) Adjudication Service...

Build UK, which supports the abolition of retentions in construction contracts, has developed a roadmap to achieve zero retentions by 2023...

Following on from my blog on the Government’s independent review of fire safety following Grenfell Tower...

Reading the recent case of Swansea Stadium Management Company Ltd v City & Council of Swansea and Another [2019] EWHC 989 reminded me of how the language of JCT contracts has changed over the years, sometimes quite subtlety...

In April 2019 the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 were amended to include a new regulation 113A and 113B, implementing the recent EU directive on electronic invoicing...

Estates Gazette has recently published my article on the recent Court of Appeal judgement in Triple Point Technology v PTT on whether liquidated damages apply when the contractor never achieves completion...

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has published a practice note giving guidance on using building information modelling (BIM) in JCT contracts: “BIM and JCT Contracts”...

The Court of Appeal has given a very useful summary of the courts’ current view on what constitutes “practical completion” (if there is no definition in the contractual documents)...

In UTB LLC v Sheffield United Limited and others [2019] EWHC 914 (Ch), Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court, considered the effect of the Disclosure Pilot on transitional cases...

Estates Gazette has recently published my article on the enduring effect of the decision of Murphy v Brentwood in the assessment of whether a construction professional can owe a duty of care to enable the building owner to recover the cost of rectifying a defect in the building...

In the wake of Carillion’s collapse, employers of services and works are taking an increasingly active role in monitoring the financial position of their key suppliers...

The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/560) were made on 13 March and published on 15 March 2019...