6 March 2018 Blog Good news for (negligent) surveyors Stuart Pemble has had another article published in Estates Gazette which examines the Supreme Court's decision in Tiuta International Ltd (in liquidation) v De Villiers Surveyors Ltd... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
10 January 2018 Blog New Procurement Thresholds The new procurement thresholds, which came into effect on 1 January 2018 for contracts regulated by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016, have recently been published... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
13 November 2017 Blog Concurrent Delay – Useful Information for Contracting Parties Concurrent delay occurs when two or more events happen at the same time and both cause a project to be delayed... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
5 September 2017 Blog New FIDIC forms of contracts In the first significant set of amendments for some time, FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) has announced that at the FIDIC Contract User’s Conference being held in London on 4-7 December 2017 they will release new forms of the following contracts... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
2 August 2017 Blog “Smash and grab” adjudications: the beginning of the end? A recent TCC decision suggests that the case law supporting so called “smash and grab” adjudications might have to be reassessed... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
22 June 2017 Blog NEC4 - the contracts are live! I had the pleasure of attending the NEC Users Group Annual Seminar yesterday for the launch of the new NEC4 suite of contracts... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
9 April 2017 Blog Government sets ECITB levy until 2019 The Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2017 was made on 28 March 2017, and it came into force on 29 March 2017... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
5 April 2017 Blog To assign or to re-assign. That is the question. In a recent adjudication enforcement case, the Technology and Construction Court looked at the rules around assignment of contracts... Share this article Bookmark this page 3 min read
16 March 2017 Blog More releases from JCT The JCT has confirmed that the following 2016 forms of contract can now be pre-ordered for dispatch on the 30 March 2017... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
10 March 2017 Blog Copyright infringement by a developer Developers (in fact, all construction clients) should carefully review and consider ownership and/or licensing of copyright when using design material... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
16 February 2017 Blog Contractors’ liability in tort for independent sub-contractors The TCC's decision in Wilmott Dixon Construction Ltd -v- Robert West Consulting Ltd [2016] EWHC 3291 (TCC) reminds us that the Courts will only depart from the general rule, that a contractor is not liable for the negligence of (or other torts committed by) its independent sub-contractors, in exceptional circumstances... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
24 January 2017 Blog No right to cash without deed of novation? A common issue crossed my desk this month: a dispute had arisen on a typical design and build project where the employer was looking to recover costs from its D&B contractor... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read