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How Data Centres are Reshaping Insurance Markets
February 2026In 2024, data centres were classed as critical national infrastructure in the UK, due to the ongoing advancement of digital assets and the associated need to facilitate them. These centres are significant in scale, value and risk complexity, leading to the development of a unique approach to their insurance coverage. As such, the international insurance… Read More >
Remediation Contribution Orders: Vista Tower Part II
February 2026The Upper Tribunal has rejected the appeal against the making of a Remediation Contribution Order for Vista Tower. This has potentially significant implications for such orders under the Building Safety Act 2022. Background We wrote about the First Tier Tribunal’s (“FTT”) decision in our February 2025 article. By way of brief recap, Grey GR Partnership… Read More >
IN COMPETITION… COMPETITION AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW: JANUARY 2026 UPDATE
January 2026Welcome to the sixth edition of In Competition. Already, 2026 has brought significant movement across both competition and procurement, with the UK Government consulting on major reforms to the competition regime, fresh CMA merger activity data, and continued analysis of the civil engineering market study highlighted last month. Procurement activity has accelerated, with a suite… Read More >
NBS Digital Construction Report 2025 – Key Themes for the Built Environment
January 2026Various industry reports on AI use were published last year, the last of which was the NBS Digital Construction Report 2025 (the Report). Now in its 15th year¹, the Report is a useful temperature check on where the built environment is on digital transformation in its day-to-day application. Based on survey responses from 559 construction… Read More >
Canada and EU launch Mutual Recognition Agreement for architects
January 2026On 19 January 2026, the Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Canada’s Minister of International Trade, announced the launch of the Mutual Recognition Agreement for Professional Qualifications of Architects (MRAA) between Canada and the European Union. The full Government of Canada news release can be found here. The Canada-EU MRAA This new agreement, developed under the framework of… Read More >
THE LABOUR COURT ANNUAL REPORT 2024
January 2026In mid-2025, the Labour Court published its annual report for 2024. The report sets out a review of the year in terms of the matters with which the Labour Court dealt throughout 2024. We have set out below a summary of the contents of the report. Background The Labour Court has a dual role divided… Read More >
Practice Direction 51ZH and How it Transforms Legal Disclosure
January 2026In a move designed to address the concerns raised by Lady Hale in Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring [2019] UKSC 38 about public access to Court documents, new Practice Direction 51ZH entered into force on 1 January 2026 (the “Pilot”). The Pilot, which will run until 31 December 2027 in the Commercial Court, London… Read More >
Assignee Rights to Adjudicate: Does Assignment Truly Transfer All Rights and Remedies Under Contract?
January 2026On 20 January 2026, the Technology and Construction Court handed down judgment in Paragon Group Limited v FK Facades Limited [2026] EWHC 78 (TCC). The ruling determined a previously unanswered question about the standing of construction contract assignees in relying upon statutory provisions when initiating adjudication proceedings. The Court “found the point finely balanced” [77].… Read More >
Irish Construction Adjudication Update: Tenderbids Judgments – The Importance of Procedural Compliance and Rejection of “Smash & Grab” Adjudications in Ireland
January 2026Tenderbids Ltd Trading As Bastion v Electrical Waste Management Ltd [2025] IEHC 139; [2026] IEHC 5 The Irish High Court has delivered, in quick succession, two landmark judgments that significantly clarify how statutory adjudications for construction contracts can and should be progressed in Ireland. The first judgment ([2025] IEHC 139), given on 13 March 2024,… Read More >
ONTARIO’S CONSTRUCTION ACT
January 2026Another year, another amendment to Ontario’s Construction Act: a comprehensive guide to changes effective 1 January 2026 ONTARIO’S CONSTRUCTION ACT