Legal – Page 33
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CommentWritten contracts: Pen and paper at the ready
Avoid the argy-bargy and uncertainty of an oral contract and get the thing down in writing
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CommentNEC4: Events, dear boy, events
NEC4 contains subtle changes to clause 61.3 that relate to compensation events and which await judicial clarification
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NewsLegal row hits £200m Liverpool Chinatown development
Local authority says developer CDC owes £950,000 in missed staged payments
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CommentCase in focus: Service of documents
A recent case illustrates a practical approach to the challenge of effecting good service upon a peripatetic respondent
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Archive TitlesLendlease ordered to pay £14.8m for falling glass
Glazing fell up to 17 Storeys from City of London office tower
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NewsT Clarke agrees £1.43m settlement in fraud row
M E specialist had announced £2.8m was missing from its accounts
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CommentIChemE’s Silver Book: Pieces of silver
A close look at what is contained in the IChemE’s new consultancy agreement for the development of process plants
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NewsSerious Fraud Office launches Amec Foster Wheeler probe
Probe relates to wider SFO probe into consultancy Unaoil
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Archive TitlesMPs warn of Brexit skills 'disaster' for construction
Call for transitional arrangement for immigrant workers
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CommentIntelligent contracts: Get smart
‘Smart’ contracts could be the next big thing in construction technology but will developers learn the lessons of BIM implementation? Sometimes it’s better to keep things simple
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CommentTaking the fifth
This year’s FIDIC White Book shows worthy progress. Here is a look at the latest iteration of the client/consultant model services agreement
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NewsLakehouse confirms ongoing Hackney fraud investigation
Probe centres on two housing contracts with Hackney Homes
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CommentAccident or certainty?
A recent High Court judgment provides useful guidance on the meaning of ‘accidental damage’ in the context of an all risks insurance policy
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CommentFact versus forecasts
How should the monetary effects of compensation events be assessed months after the event itself? There are two different schools of thought on that
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FeaturesBrexit and construction law: Changing times
One year on from the EU referendum, nobody knows how a post-Brexit world will look
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CommentCase in focus: Compensation events
Had a PFI project company given proper notice of a claim for compensation? Ted Lowery considers a High Court case in Northern Ireland
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CommentHolding back
Withholding retention money is one of the most controversial practices in the construction industry today. But with reform delayed, what can subcontractors do to protect themselves?
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CommentPersuasive percussion
In response to Tony Bingham’s April column on how we must better engage with dispute avoidance, a legal academic gives their view on how firms must try to understand each others’ positions
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CommentDoes what it says on the tin
Our contract law prizes certainty, as do our firms, except when they are on the receiving end. A recent case confirms our courts’ preference to apply contract terms strictly
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CommentTemporary workers filling skills gap
Construction is becoming reliant on temporary workers as employers attempt to fill the skills gap