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CommentIs cashflow still king?
Adjudication is supposed to ensure that payments are made quickly to keep the money flowing. Is this always the case or do two recent decisions show the TCC to be at odds with itself?
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Comment1984 revisited
As one of our longest-serving columnists prepares to bow out, she looks back at how things have changed in construction law since she wrote her first column for the magazine
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CommentFIDIC forms: Engineering anxiety
FIDIC forms of contract outline an engineer鈥檚 role in making determinations but how can you be sure that their decision is fair and impartial?
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CommentDAB decisions: Pay now, argue later
Some interesting points from a case where a DAB decision was enforced in arbitration by way of a final partial award
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CommentAdjudication: The list鈥檚 the thing鈥�
As we celebrated 400 years since the Bard鈥檚 death last month, a High Court case reminds us how important it is to ask the right questions
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CommentBehind schedule
A recent judgment in the TCC looks at what can go wrong when parties add scheduled payments into a construction contract
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CommentLow pay? It鈥檚 criminal
It is an offence for employers not to pay the National Living Wage. Construction firms will have to examine contractual arrangements
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CommentLand Registry: Land grab
Two important consultations on how property is registered in this country are currently under way. Can we risk the Land Registry being run by private sector firms?
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CommentContracts: Contra movement
In this case from the oil and gas industry, a contractor tries to recover costs for its own negligence
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CommentMind the insurance gap
JCT鈥檚 attempts to simplify construction insurance still has its limitations
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CommentSingapore: The Lion City roars
Can Singapore rival London as the forum of choice to resolve construction contract disputes?
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CommentPanama Papers: Blind data
The Panama Papers should serve as a wake-up call for the industry and how it treats data. It鈥檚 time for contract drafting to move into the 21st century
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CommentDiversity: All there in black and white
Black graduates earn on average 23% less than white graduates - so what鈥檚 the industry got to do to improve its record on equality and diversity?
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CommentConstruction Act: In out 鈥� shake it all about
The power/process plant exemption to the Construction Act no longer makes sense
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CommentUtilities contracts: Be prepared
Regulations are coming into play that require significant pre-procurement preparation from utilities
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CommentContracts: Not so fast
Here鈥檚 a case about a Porsche dealer that promised a customer he was first in the queue for a rare GT3 - but then sold it to somebody else
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CommentBrexit for Brickies
What are the employment law implications were the UK to vote to leave the EU in June? Probably less than you might think - the only certain thing is uncertainty
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CommentContract terms: Room for interpretation
Clause 3 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act raises a question on how to define 鈥榳ritten standard terms of business鈥�
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CommentContracts: A frame of mind
Francis Ho reviews a new framework contract with a greater focus on alliancing and partnering
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CommentApprentices: You鈥檙e hired
When firms start looking at apprenticeships as a source of cheap labour, they risk devaluing the programme, and their own reputations