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One Year Post-Kirwan – O’Shaughnessy v HSE and the Courts’ Approach to Delay
August 2026Twelve months after the Supreme Court’s decision in Kirwan v Connors & Ors[i] (“Kirwan”), its impact on Irish Court procedure remains significant. The judgment replaced the Primor test with a structured, timeline-based framework and signalled a stricter approach to litigation delay. You can find our previous in-depth article on the decision here. A Shift in… Read More >
On their last LEGs: London Engineering Group to publish revised LEG exclusion clauses
August 2026Charlie Dee, chairman of the London Engineering Group (“LEG”), a professional forum for insurers and reinsurers of engineering and construction risks, announced in late June that the LEG was working to publish revised versions of the LEG exclusion clauses by the end of summer 2026. The announcement follows a series of recent US judgments which… Read More >
Professional Indemnity Insurance Update – August 2026
August 2026As we head into the second half of 2026, the construction UK professional indemnity (PI) market continues its “soft” market trend seen over the last couple of years. In the first of our construction PI updates, we provide a roundup of recent decisions in the Courts of England & Wales and trends that we may… Read More >
RIBA AI Report 2026 charts the growing role of artificial intelligence in architectural practice
August 2026Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an increasingly established part of architectural practice. As we noted in our previous article regarding the RIBA AI Report 2025, last year marked a shift from cautious experimentation towards routine use. The RIBA AI Report 2026 (the Report) shows that this transition has continued at pace. AI is now being… Read More >
TTSJV W.L.L. and Others v Bapco Refining B.S.C. [2026] EWHC 2047 (TCC)
August 2026In refusing an urgent application to restrain a US$484 million bond call, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) reaffirmed the exceptionally high threshold contractors face when seeking to prevent an employer from exercising its rights under an on-demand performance security arrangement. In the absence of fraud, a “seriously arguable” case of breach of the underlying… Read More >
Affordable Housing Funding Agreements: Key Provisions Not-for-Profits and Charitable Organisations Should Watch For
August 2026Not-for-profit and charitable housing providers accessing government affordable housing funding are often working with far more than a grant: contribution agreements can combine loan-like features, development obligations, and ongoing operating covenants and reporting rights that extend well beyond construction. Below, we set out the provisions that tend to appear across this space, so that boards… Read More >
Nature, climate and risk in NEC’s revised Option X29
August 2026Environmental requirements in construction contracts and governance frameworks are becoming more measurable, commercially significant and enforceable. Infrastructure delivery, maintenance and decommissioning have significant implications for greenhouse gas emissions, resource use, biodiversity and climate resilience, attracting increasing scrutiny from clients, investors, regulators and the wider public. NEC’s 2026 update to Option X29 of the NEC4 suite… Read More >
Wallace Estates v Durkan: Case Management Lessons from the First Joint TCC-FTT Building Safety Act Hearing
August 2026In our recent article on the Technology and Construction Court Guide 2026 (the “Guide”) we discussed the introduction of Section 9, the Guide’s first dedicated section dealing with Building Safety Act 2022 (“BSA”) claims. The recent decision in Wallace Estates Ltd v Durkan Estates Ltd [2026] EWHC 2133 (TCC) provides the first significant example of… Read More >
Price Escalation in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait: Comparing the Routes to Relief
August 2026Article 3 of 3 in a series by Beale & Co on price escalation, exceptional circumstances and construction contracts in the GCC. In the first two articles in this series, we introduced the doctrine of exceptional circumstances under GCC civil codes and examined the changes introduced by the New UAE Civil Code. In this final… Read More >
In Competition… Competition & Public Procurement Law: July 2026 Update
August 2026Welcome to the twelfth edition of In Competition. In this publication, we review competition law and public procurement developments from the preceding calendar month. July was a month about process rather than outcomes, and specifically about how much a regulator may take and how much a contracting authority must give. In Luxembourg the Grand Chamber… Read More >