Legal views 鈥� Page 30
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CommentIn for the long haul?
A recent judgment raises questions over whether聽the courts should approach long-term contracts differently to shorter-term ones, insofar as termination provisions are concerned聽
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CommentFit for purpose
The MT H酶jgaard case in the Supreme Court illustrates how lawyers, adjudicators, arbitrators and judges are now likely to mediate competing contract terms
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CommentBig trouble in Liverpool Chinatown
Problems between stakeholders on a 拢200m regeneration project are likely to have reputational, financial and legal consequences for those involved
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CommentCyber security: BIM
The first of a new series of columns on cyber security looks at the data risk issues around building information modelling. Taylor Wessing鈥檚 cyber security team explain
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CommentTime to call time
A claimant tried to revive a dispute dating back to 1992 by alleging a fraud. But the court said it would not sit back and referee whatever games he wanted to play
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CommentContracts: Getting the foundations right
A fitness for purpose obligation has been ratified by the highest court in the land 鈥� that has got people talking
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CommentCase in focus:聽Relief from sanctions
Should a claimant be entitled to default judgment on a claim that was dependent upon the outcome of separate proceedings?
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CommentSupply chain: Facing the abyss
Carillion鈥檚 profit warning illustrates the precarious existence of big UK contractors. So, what protection is in place for the supply chain, should one of them fall? Nowhere near enough, it seems
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CommentAdjudication: New thoughts on smash and grab
A TCC decision last month has questioned whether existing case-law on 鈥榮mash and grab鈥� adjudications should be reconsidered in light of Court of Appeal decisions
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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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CommentCase in focus:聽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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CommentIChemE鈥檚 Silver Book: Pieces of silver
A close look at what is contained in the IChemE鈥檚 new consultancy agreement for the development of process plants
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CommentIntelligent contracts: Get smart
鈥楽mart鈥� contracts could be the next big thing in construction technology but will developers learn the lessons of BIM implementation? Sometimes it鈥檚 better to keep things simple
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CommentTaking the fifth
This year鈥檚 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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CommentAccident or certainty?
A recent High Court judgment provides useful guidance on the meaning of 鈥榓ccidental damage鈥� 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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CommentCase in focus:聽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鈥檚 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鈥� positions