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Construction disputes landscape Q1 2025
April 2025Welcome to our first quarterly update for 2025. As anticipated, the construction industry still faces challenges, including commercial and geo-political headwinds. Insolvencies within the sector threaten project progress and stability, whilst new payment, retention and reporting requirements continue to come into force. Negotiating appropriate contract terms and conditions, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues… Read More >
Global Vantage: Trade wars and tariffs: what’s covered under UK standard construction contracts?
April 2025The recent introduction of US tariffs on goods and materials from countries across the globe has triggered significant international market reactions and economic shifts. In this update we examine the importance of the announcement, its potential impacts on contractual and commercial deals on construction projects (both now and in the immediate future) and outline what… Read More >
Environmental Liabilities: Directors and Senior Officers face a more penal environment
April 2025On 2 April 2025 we held our annual D&O Conference in conjunction with Crown Office Chambers where the attendees enjoyed a number of different sessions on a variety of subjects concerning recent legal or regulatory updates or trends relevant to directors and officers. The first session concerned a panel discussion on recent developments in environmental… Read More >
Campus culture wars – freedom of speech in higher education
April 2025The debate around freedom of speech and academic freedom in universities was again headline news last week following the decision by its regulator, the Office for Students (‘OfS’), to impose an eye-watering fine of £585,000 on the University of Sussex. The fine was imposed after the OfS’s investigation determined that the university had failed to… Read More >
Broker Remuneration: The FCA’s Stance on Transparency
April 2025In the ever-evolving landscape of financial services, transparency remains a critical pillar of consumer protection. Nowhere is this more important than in the insurance sector, where brokers act as intermediaries between clients and insurers, with fiduciary duties of trust and utmost good faith underpinning their daily interactions. While brokers perform valuable functions in helping clients… Read More >
D&O Global Report
April 2025Continuing our theme of regulatory impacts on the insurance industry in this Special Risks Week we consider the Global D&O insurance trends for 2025 and beyond in the Global Insurance Law Connect report which covers the trends captured by 24 specialist insurance law firms. Article: D&O Global Trends – published by Global Insurance Law Connect… Read More >
Managing the risks of ‘forever chemicals’: PFAS in the construction industry
April 2025Updated March 2025 Introduction to PFAS and its use in the construction industry Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of synthetic chemicals valued in the construction industry for their durability and resistance to water, grease, and corrosion. They are commonly found in products and materials such as roofing, paints, coatings, sealants, adhesives, semiconductors,… Read More >
Insurance Captives
April 2025As a part of Beale & Co’s Special Risks Week we are looking at Insurance Captives (a method of self-insurance where the policyholder owns the insurance entity). This is a particularly apt topic as the UK has just closed its recent (re)insurance captives’ consultation. The consultation investigates whether, and how, the UK government should develop… Read More >
NIC & MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES COME INTO FORCE. WHAT NEXT?
April 2025The UK Government’s Autumn Budget in October 2024 set out substantial increases both in Employer’s National Insurance Contributions (‘NIC’) and various Minimum Wage (‘MW’) rates coming into force in early April 2024 (April 1 for MW and April 6 for NIC). In summary these changes are: NIC: Secondary class 1 NIC employer contributions will increase… Read More >
Developments in Claims against Financial Institutions in the Middle East
April 2025The UAE and other countries in the Middle East have made great strides in recent years to promote the region as an excellent and safe place to do business. With this push, however, comes the need to align more with other global financial centres and therefore regulation is increasing, and with this comes more risk… Read More >