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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...

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...

A new ACE Professional Services Agreement has been published...

As Christmas creeps up on us I hope you will find a few thoughts on the new JCT 2016 contracts helpful...

The new JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016 is available for pre-order now (to be despatched on 7 December 2016)! ...

In Eventech (C-518/13) the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) was asked the rather intriguing question: does the practice of permitting London black cabs to use bus lanes whilst prohibiting private hire vehicles (PHVs) from doing so appear to involve the granting of State aid?...

Section 111 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (as amended) (“HGCRA”) provides that where a payer fails to issue a payment notice the sum applied for by the payee becomes the ‘notified sum’...

Question: Contracting authorities are required under Regulation 113 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (“PCR”) to make payments within 30 days of an invoice being regarded as “valid and undisputed” – but when exactly does this 30 day window begin...

Yes, apparently you do! The ECJ has just handed down a preliminary ruling on request of the Danish Supreme Court in Finn Frogne A/S v Rigspolitiet ved Center for Beredskabskommunikation Case C-549/14...

JCT has announced that the JCT Design and Build 2016 form of contract will be despatched to those that have pre-ordered, on 22 September 2016...

Last week the first of the 2016 crop of new JCT Contracts landed on our desks...

Rather than separately particularising each breach of contract and the loss claimed as a result, contractors often present rolled up ‘global claims’ for the composite loss that they have incurred as a result of various breaches of contract...