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Health & Safety fines – update from recent case law and consideration of the impact of the new sentencing guidelines
February 2016The new sentencing guidelines for health and safety offences came into force on 1 February 2016. In advance, two £1 million fines were handed down to Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Limited and National Grid Gas for separate offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSAWA). James Vernon and Richard Morgan summarises… Read More >
Testing trials
February 2016Two new schemes are being tested by some of the Rolls Building courts, including the TCC. Could they offer cost savings on selected construction law cases? Sheena Sood discusses in her article published by Building.
JCT releases practice note on BIM
February 2016Andrew Croft and Natalie Ledger of Beale & Company provide comment on the BIM Practice Note recently released by the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT). To read the full article, please click on the link below.
Update on Construction Contracts Act 2013
January 2016The slow progress towards commencement being made by the Construction Contracts Act 2013 and with it the introduction of statutory Adjudication, has caused many in the construction industry to query whether statutory Adjudication will ever see the light of day in Ireland. We discuss this issue further in our article here.
New guidelines for sentencing of Health & Safety offences and Corporate Manslaughter
January 2016New sentencing guidelines push for tougher approach to sentencing for Health & Safety and Corporate Manslaughter, with the potential for fines to be in the millions. Read more in our article here.
Energy and infrastructure abroad: the Chinese influence
January 2016Over 40 Chinese insurance and asset management companies have collaborated to create an investment firm which will raise 40bn yuan (£4bn) in order to finance energy and infrastructure projects overseas. Antony Smith and Kyle Sethi discuss the impact and potential opportunitirs for Uk firms of this future Chinese investment. To read more please click… Read More >
Opening the floodgates
January 2016In this article, originally published by Building, Sheena Sood comments on the floods that have hit the UK in recent weeks, and how they can start a wave of claims and other legal action for construction companies. To read more please click on the link below.
Late payment – a perennial problem with a digital solution?
January 2016Andrew Croft discusses the issue of late payment in the construction industry and suggests that the way to tackle late payment is to consider it alongside other moves to digitise the industry. Click here to read Andrew’s article published in Construction Manager.
What constitutes “a passenger” under the Montreal Convention?
January 2016Sarah Conroy comments on a new decision that has been made by the European Court of Justice clarifying the definition of “passenger”, and how this impacts the Montreal Convention. To read more please click on the link below.
Issue fees and abuse of process – Richard Lewis & Ors v Ward Hadaway (A Firm) [2015] EWHC 3503 (Ch)
January 2016Ed Anderson and Sean Brennan provide insight into a recent decision of the High Court, in Richard Lewis & Ors v Ward Hadaway, which found that the underpayment of Court issue fees is an abuse of process. To read more please click on the link below.