Helen Garthwaite
CommentInfrastructure Bill: More moral fibre, please
The government has withdrawn amendments that would have made life less risky for those introducing broadband fibre. The onus is on developers to act themselves
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Commitment issues
Helen Garthwaite and Brad Fearn The carbon trading scheme was launched last week, and you need to know what the new rules could mean for you – including who will pay for it all
NewsSustainability legislation: A green path to recovery?
Sustainability seems to have dropped off the agenda somewhat since the recession, but research has revealed that there is still an appetite in the industry for green solutions
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Worse than triffids: Japanese knotweed
Clauses relating to Japanese knotweed still feature in construction contracts despite the arrival of killer bugs
CommentSupercasinos: Manchester’s legal gamble
Manchester council says it may sue over the decision to axe the supercasino. But will it succeed? And what are the wider questions for construction?
CommentBespoke and be damned
In the latest of our series on tricky terms and perplexing conditions, Helen Garthwaite looks at bespoke clauses to extend a contractor’s right to payment – and why they are likely to fall down
CommentTraps on the money trail
Killer clauses In the latest of our series on tricky terms and perplexing conditions, Helen Garthwaite looks at the pitfalls that may be concealed in the wording of a bonus mechanism
CommentThe devil in the detail
Heard the one about the contractor/consultant/client laid low by a few innocent-sounding sentences in their contract? In the first of a series, Helen Garthwaite looks at a cap on liability
NewsDont get burned this October
Helen Garthwaite, partner in law firm Taylor Wessing, takes a look at the fire regulations and the issues set to face the industry when the latest changes are implemented this autumn
CommentTaking the easy way out
Cynics in the mediation fraternity have raised doubts that TCC judges will be any good as mediators, but unhappy souls embroiled in litigation may have another view
CommentGet the message?
It seems harsh to say that the failure to answer an email, because you dismissed it as spam, can lead to defeat in an arbitration case. But it's true
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Studying the form
This year the JCT caused quite a stir when it decided to revamp its entire suite of contracts (see Building, 24 June), but it’s the changes to the design contracts – Design and Build Contract and the Intermediate Contract with Design – that have created most interest.
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Spoilt for choice
At last we have a contract that caters for third-party rights, but this extra option in the new JCT design-and-build contract could pose a problem
CommentSpirit of the games
Over the next seven years, can the construction industry finally ditch its adversarial reputation and embrace the ideals of the Olympic movement?
CommentCheck it out
The revamped JCT suite of contracts has finally begun to arrive. So what’s changed, what’s stayed the same – and what do you have to look out for?