Legal comment
Bahrain: Construction opportunities in the ‘land of the two seas’
Bahrain is a pure and sacred place known as “the Pearl of the Arabian Gulf” – and a place with an increasing number of opportunities for UK construction
Limitation periods and adjudication
The idea of adjudication is that it has no bearing on any subsequent litigation or arbitration, but in this case a clever argument tried to get around that principle
Easements: What's yours is theirs
How easements - rights that people who don’t own the land can exercise on it - can hold up a development
-
No crime and punishment
-
Knowing who you're in contract with
-
MAC clauses: Phantom menace
-
Repudiatory breach of contract: Once more unto the breach
-
Contract flexibility: How far can it bend?
-
The madness of NEC the third
-
What to do about BIM
-
Sites of archaeological interest: Time to get dug in
-
Legal brief: Right to light consultation
-
Legal brief: Duration of disputes
-
The paperless trial
-
The sudden death clause
-
Damage limitation
-
Project bank accounts: What's not to like?
-
London 2012 suppliers: Big yourself up
-
Architect standards: Wrap them up in cotton wool
-
Architects Registration Board: Know your place
-
SSIs: Beware the newts
-
Party wall disputes: The end of the party
-
Walter Lilly vs Mackay: A curate’s egg
-
Legal brief: Do architects certificates operate as contracts?
-
Wind farms: Second generation
-
Willmott Dixon vs Newlon: A case in points
-
Professional negligence dispute: On the rocks
-
Doing business in Iraq: Tread carefully
-
Stop kicking up a fuss
-
Legal brief: Changes to judicial review process
-
Life on the high fees
-
CPC2013: Top form
-
NEC3 contracts: The hole truth and nothing but
-
Legal brief: Human rights vs adjudication
-
Legal brief: Multiple disputes?
-
Leap of faith
-
Direct payment clauses: Caught in the middle
-
Beware restrictive covenants
-
Doing without lawyers
BIM
What to do about BIM
The Construction Industry Council has published a new standard protocol for BIM level 2. Will it promote adoption?
Who's best for BIM?
Appointing a BIM manager early on a project is important to gain maximum benefit and avoid disputes. Is there already someone on the team who could take the job on though?
BIM: Taking the leap
BIM has the potential to change the face of the construction industry, but will it?
BIM: Who does what and when?
Central to the introduction of BIM level 2 will be a protocol that ensures that everyone knows what they can expect from the other parties on the project






