All articles by John Redmond – Page 2
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CommentWorth their weight in what?
There is a consensus now that the quality of adjudication is fine, but the same cannot be said about the cost of hiring an adjudicator. Just ask the clients that got a bill from one chap for £30,000
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CommentLimited – within limits
Directors often think that they are immune from liability for costs incurred by their companies. Listen and learn. The entrepreneur here finished up with a massive legal bill, not to mention a wigging from the judge
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CommentStrict time
Surely a contractor has a right to claim for an extension of time if the delay was the fault of the employer? Well no, not necessarily, according to the third edition of the NEC
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CommentMr Eggleston explains
For those clients, project managers and contractors still unsure how the changes in the NEC3 form affect them, this new book sets it out clearly
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CommentA twist in the tale
Here’s the story of a hot-shot construction lawyer, his fussy wife, a builder who was never there, a bizarre contract and a house in the country …
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CommentDeep in quantum meruit
Does quantum meruit mean that in the absence of a contract you can charge cost-plus? Unfortunately, everything depends on what else has happened …
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CommentGet your head round this
Jack Lemley is to run Olympic projects under the NEC3 standard form, about which there is ‘massive ignorance' in the industry. So how can it wise up?
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CommentShot by both sides
The latest edition of the New Engineering Contract has come under fire from employers and contractors, but it is the project manager that ought to worry
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I’ve seen the light
Your correspondent used to be sceptical about this mediation business, but after some surprisingly successful experiences with it, he has become a convert …
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CommentThat’ll do nicely
The New Engineering Contract used to be an, ahem, eccentric choice for projects. Thanks to a much improved third edition, it has become a respectable option
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CommentWhen less isn’t more
When it comes to reforming the Construction Act, the instinct to resist meddling is correct in many cases, but has done nothing to address a major failing
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CommentA simple disaster
A cautionary tale about what happens if you assume that a dispute does not exist (and therefore you can bypass arbitration) and are, as it turns out, wrong
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CommentTwist and shout
liquidated damages clause has advantages for employer and contractor. So how come the latter is so keen to wriggle out of it when it comes into play?
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CommentWhat are you implying?
The hills of Stockport were alive with implied terms, or so Mowlem and one of its subcontractors, PHI Group, thought. But were they right?
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The nuclear option
The flow of interim payments has come to a stop and it looks ominous. What to do? Wait for an adjudication – or go for broke with a winding-up petition?
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If you go away …
It may be emotionally satisfying to walk off a job, and you may feel justified in taking this action … but the likelihood is that you aren't, and that you'll regret it
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Let's take a closer look
By now you'll be aware that mediation is the hot topic of conversation this week. But just what did go on at the Court of Appeal to cause all this fuss?
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Legal twister
This is a game in which players pretend to be appeal court judges and then try to get themselves into ludicrous positions. Here's how it's done
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Anyone fancy a fight?
The New Engineering Contract's non-confrontational aims are making it increasingly popular – but a dispute over whether it allows late claims would be handy
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Keep it simple, stupid
Anybody of the opinion that the law is a mammal of the genus equus asinus will be nodding their heads to this plea for common-sense adjudication rules …
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