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Looking back at the legal year: 2024 in construction law

2024-12-23T06:00:00+00:00By Rupert Choat

In 2024 fire safety dominated the legal space, while liability caps and conditions precedent also produced a glut of cases

How can we make Henry Ford-style housebuilding work?

2024-12-03T05:00:00+00:00By Nick Pinder, Mariya Rankin and Magdalena Prus

Nick Pinder, Mariya Rankin and Magdalena Prus explore the contractual and regulatory implications of a cookie-cutter approach to housebuilding

Tinkering with design and build won鈥檛 fix anything 鈥� but alliancing can

2024-11-28T07:00:00+00:00By Martin Davis2 comments

Martin Davis disagrees with Tony Bingham鈥檚 diagnosis and remedies with design and build; rather, he says, it鈥檚 integrated collaborative teams that bring transformative outcomes, and one proven methodology is insurance-backed alliancing

One standard to rule them all?

2024-11-27T10:00:00+00:00By Gabrielle Coppack, Nick Turner and Matthew Bool

Gabrielle Coppack, Nick Turner and Matthew Bool on the publication of the UK Net Zero Carbon 好色先生TVs Standard pilot

Statutory adjudication - the 2024 survey results are in鈥�

2024-11-26T14:57:00+00:00By Hamish Lal

An annual survey shows referrals rising strongly, with inadequate contract administration the leading cause of disputes 鈥� and women still under-represented

What routes do contractors have to claim against cladding firms?

2024-11-25T07:00:00+00:00By Steven Carey

Contractors facing cladding claims from property owners have more than one possible route to claim in turn against the manufacturers

Adjudication offers speed 鈥� and not at any cost

2024-11-19T07:00:00+00:00By Tony Bingham

High-speed dispute resolution such as adjudication may be imperfect, but cost makes it a better option than litigation

What are the consequences for missing contractual environmental and sustainability targets?

2024-11-05T06:00:00+00:00By Elizabeth Cully

What are the consequences for missing contractual environmental and sustainability targets? asks Elizabeth Cully

Safety comes first in the JCT鈥檚 updated contract suite

2024-11-01T06:00:00+00:00By Peter Hibberd

Peter Hibberd unpacks the new JCT revisions, which embrace the 好色先生TV Safety Act and the last year鈥檚好色先生TV Regulations amendments

Grenfell shows it鈥檚 time to scrap design and build contracts

2024-10-29T06:00:00+00:00By Tony Bingham1 comments

Design responsibility should not be forced onto the shoulders of builders,聽argues Tony Bingham

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Simon Tolson to stand down as Fenwick Elliott senior partner

2024-06-13T09:52:00+01:00By Carl Brown

Prominent lawyer steps back after 23 years at the helm

Trio of partners appointed by construction law firm Fenwick Elliott

2023-09-11T10:39:00+01:00

Senior associates promoted in London and Dubai

SNC-Lavalin arm pleads guilty to Libya fraud

2019-12-20T06:00:00+00:00By Jordan Marshall

Subsidiary of Canadian firm which owns Atkins fined more than 拢160m

Number of High Court disputes jumps again

2019-12-06T06:00:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

Carillion collapse blamed as annual figure heads towards 400 mark

Camden council makes 拢130m High Court claim against tower block contractors

2019-12-02T06:00:00+00:00By Alice Lorenzato-Lloyd

Legal action centres on Chalcots Estate evacuation in June 2017

Willmott Dixon and Hackney row over defects on resi block

2019-09-04T05:00:00+01:00By Hamish Champ

Contractor鈥檚 housing arm Willmott Partnership Homes disputes 鈥榤any鈥櫬爋f council鈥檚 claims

Second law firm begins action over Lendlease share fall

2019-08-13T05:00:00+01:00By Dave Rogers and Jordan Marshall

Price plunge triggered by woes at engineering business

HS2 faces crunch ruling on Old Oak Common start date

2019-07-18T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Railway will hear in September whether challenge by Bechtel will stop it awarding job to Balfour Beatty team

Heathrow beats challenge against third runway

2019-05-01T11:47:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall

Twenty-one of the 26 claims were deemed to be unarguable

HS2 procurement blunders have cost us 拢100m, Bechtel says

2019-04-25T05:00:00+01:00By Jordan Marshall1 comments

US giant goes to court after 拢1.1bn Old Oak station job awarded to Balfour Beatty team

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The coronavirus crisis: What does it all mean?

2020-03-18T06:00:00+00:00By Dave Rogers, Yolande Barnes and Simon Tolson

The implications of covid-19 for construction, housing and legal

Brexit and construction law: Changing times

2017-06-23T06:00:00+01:00By Al Watson, Jill Carey and Clare Harman-Clark

One year on from the EU referendum, nobody knows how a post-Brexit world will look

Interview: Richard Saxon

2016-08-04T06:00:00+01:00By Francis Ho

Richard Saxon, chair of the Joint Contracts Tribunal, speaks to 好色先生TV legal columnist Francis Ho about new kinds of contracts, the competition, and where he thinks the industry is heading

Crossing the line

2015-08-28T07:00:00+01:00By Roxane McMeeken

With the Calais crisis still a hot media topic, the government is on the warpath against construction companies employing illegal workers. But is the sector doing enough to make sure it doesn鈥檛 get caught out?

Procurement on trial

2014-08-22T06:00:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner1 comments

Construction firms are increasingly emboldened to take the government to court over its procurement decisions, but who鈥檚 to blame?

Museum of Liverpool: Nightmare at the museum

2013-08-08T00:00:00+01:00By Joey Gardiner

The 拢72m Museum of Liverpool may have opened in 2011, but problems with the design and build mean parts of the iconic building are still inaccessible to the public. Last week鈥檚拢1.13m court judgment highlights the dangers for small consultants on big projects

Insurance special report: BIM

2012-10-26T00:00:00+01:00By Roxane McMeeken

The rise of collaboration software has created a lot of questions for insurers - not least how to divide up and assign blame if anything goes wrong

Costly legal disputes: Everyone's a loser

2012-06-15T00:00:00+01:00By Emily Wright

The amount spent on legal disputes has jumped by a third in the UK over the past year. Why are construction firms still so keen to spend on litigation?

Sparks fly: The row over electricians' wage agreements

2012-01-04T10:30:00+00:00By Iain Withers

The decision of seven major M&E contractors to break away from the 40-year-old JIB wage agreement was prompted by an 鈥榰rgent need to modernise鈥� but has already led to angry clashes between workers and police. 好色先生TV reports on a row that threatens to become the sector鈥檚 biggest industrial relations dispute ...

Hackney Empire vs Aviva Insurance: The Empire strikes back

2011-07-15T00:00:00+01:00By Iain Withers

This is the tale of a theatre project, backed by Lord Sugar, that landed its client with a 拢3.2m headache. Now eight years on there鈥檚 a legal battle over a bond between the insurer and the theatre owner

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