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Judge Dismisses Claim of Professional Indemnity
February 2015A recent decision1 by Birmingham J. dismissed a claim by a client against her solicitors that she was misled when buying two investment properties for some €2 million. Allegations of professional negligence were dismissed by the judge who held that the client was fully aware of the type of transaction she was entering into which… Read More >
Up and Coming Changes to CPR Part 36: Still On the Face of it Part 36?
February 2015The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.8) Rules 2014, laid before Parliment on 18 December 2014, makes significant changes to Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules. This article summarises some of the key amendments, due to come into force on 6 April 2015. To read more please click on the link below
New Rules To Live By…
February 2015In Sheena Sood’s latest column for Building she summarises the key changes to be brought about in the CDM Regulations 2015 and the impact these will have on the construction industry. This article first appeard in Building Magazine 23.01.15 To read more please click on the link below
Court of Appeal on Trading Debts Exclusion
February 2015This week the Court of Appeal has unfortunately overturned the first instance decision in Impact Funding Solutions v (1) Barrington Support Services (2) AIG Europe. To read more please click on the link below
Rail Industry – Full Steam Ahead?
January 2015Ben Mullard and Jennifer Webb examine the burgeoning and fast changing railway projects market, where a new stress on collaborative working is bringing alliancing contracts to the fore. The drive towards the use of Building Information Modelling is also having an impact. This article first appeard in Construction Law January/February 2015. To read more please… Read More >
Reports from the courts – January/February 2015
January 2015In the latest reports from the courts Andrew Croft and Jennifer Webb focus on a Scottish court ruling with relevance for adjudication in England; and on a rare example of a dispute under FIDIC contracts coming to the courts. This article first appeard in Construction Law January/February 2015. To read more please click on the link… Read More >
Lodge v Dignity & Choice in Dying & Anor
January 2015When staff go overseas to work, will they still have employment rights under the Employment Rights Act 1996 in Great Britain and the right to bring claims in an Employment Tribunal? To read more please click on the link below.
Draft Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 now published – A closer look at some of the changes
January 2015The new draft Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (“CDM Regulations 2015”) and accompanying guidance were published on 9 January 2015 and are expected to come into force on 6 April 2015. Given the significant number of changes the introduction of the CDM Regulations 2015 will bring, duty holders will need to get up to… Read More >
Loss of Profit: Direct or Indirect Loss?
January 2015In Polypearl Ltd v E.ON Energy Solutions Ltd [2014] EWHC 3045 (QB) the High Court held that an exclusion clause failed to exclude direct loss of profit. This case is a useful reminder that exclusion clauses must be expressed clearly and without ambiguity. To read more please click on the link below.
Draft Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (“CDM Regulations 2015”)
January 2015Following the Health and Safety Executive’s (“HSE”) report on its public consultation into the proposed consultative draft CDM Regulations last year, the HSE has now published draft CDM Regulations 2015 and accompanying guidance. To read more please click on the link below