24 August 2021 Blog Building Safety Bill - Limitation extensions for the Defective Premises Act As part of the response to the Grenfell fire tragedy, the Government has announced that the limitation period for bringing a claim under the Defective Premises Act (DPA) will be extended from 6 to 15 years... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
10 August 2021 Blog Collateral warranties - can you adjudicate? Collateral warranties are often provided in the construction industry. They give a party a contractual right where none would otherwise exist... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
9 August 2021 Blog Public Contract Regulations 2015 - updated list of Central Government Authorities - in force from 16 August 2021 A new schedule 1 to the Public Contract Regulations 2015 comes into force on 16 August 2021... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
8 August 2021 Blog What does UK Climate Change Policy mean for the Future of Electric Vehicles? Last week, the UK government announced its Decarbonising Transport plan... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
28 July 2021 Blog When does a solicitor's negligence cause actual damage? Estates Gazette has recently published my article on the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Kelly Elliott v Hattens Solicitors (a firm)... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
27 July 2021 Blog Building Safety Levy - Consultation Launched In February Kate Warren and I blogged about the proposed 'cladding levy' and raised a number of queries as to how this might look. Click here for our February blog... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
20 July 2021 Blog Cladding and fire safety – where are we now? It can be easy to lose track of the proposals and measures that have been issued regarding cladding and fire safety... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
18 July 2021 Blog NEC4 - Facilities Management – more contracts In February this year Stuart Thompson posted  a couple of blogs on the launch of the NEC Facilities Management Contract... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
15 July 2021 Blog Triple Point: Liquidated Damages for uncompleted works run until termination Lady Arden has this morning handed down the much anticipated 60 page judgment of the Supreme Court in Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Co Ltd... Share this article Bookmark this page 5 min read
6 July 2021 Blog Another PPN! ‘Hot on the heels of PPN 06/21  - ‘Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government projects’... Share this article Bookmark this page 1 min read
24 June 2021 Blog Climate change litigation and the construction industry In recent years there has been an explosion in ESG litigation, particularly in relation to climate change... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read
16 June 2021 Blog Updates for Building Safety Fund applicants and Waking Watch Fund reopens Updated guidance for Building Safety Fund applicants: Last month the government published some updated guidance for applicants to the Building Safety Fund... Share this article Bookmark this page 2 min read