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TCC Reaffirms Limited Grounds for Resisting Adjudication Enforcement
September 2026The decision in Coventry & Warwickshire Development Partnership LLP v Avison Young (UK) Limited [2026] EWHC 2319 (TCC) stresses the Court’s continued robust approach to enforcing adjudicators’ decisions. The Court upheld an award of £8.73 million in damages plus interest against a project manager arising from allegations of negligent over-certification of payments on a major… Read More >
Pay Now, Prove Later: D&O Defence Costs After Liberty v Chedid
September 2026In Liberty Managing Agency Ltd & Ors v Chedid & Anor [2026] EWHC 2354 (Comm), the Commercial Court ordered D&O insurers on the second excess layer (which provided cover of £45m in excess of £30m) to advance defence costs to two former Petrofac officers notwithstanding unresolved allegations of placement fraud. The trial addressed three key… Read More >
Interview with an Arbitrator – Russell Thirgood
September 2026Russell Thirgood is a Chartered Arbitrator with more than 25 years’ experience in resolving complex, high-value disputes across the construction and infrastructure, energy, natural resources and commercial sectors. He is a member of Arbitra, with an office in St Paul’s, London. He has conducted cases throughout Europe, Australia, the Pacific, Asia, US, UK, and Middle-East,… Read More >
NEC & FIDIC Contracts now available for Critical Infrastructure Projects in Ireland
September 2026In a Circular published by Minister Jack Chambers on 12 August 2026,[1] the Irish Government announced that the New Engineering Contract (NEC) and the Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) contract may be used on critical infrastructure projects in the state. The Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (DPER) Circular announced that… Read More >
SRA Issues Warning Notice on the Misuse of AI in Legal Practice
September 2026Against a background of increasing judicial scrutiny of artificial intelligence (AI) generated errors in legal proceedings, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a warning notice (link: SRA | Misuse of AI – Warning notice | Solicitors Regulation Authority) highlighting the risks associated with the misuse of AI in the delivery of legal services. Published… Read More >
GRENFELL AWAITS A FINAL RECKONING
September 2026The URS vs BDW ruling highlights the government’s failure to formulate an effective, co-ordinated response to Grenfell. First published by Building magazine 2026. Sheena Sood June 2025 final
In Competition… Competition & Public Procurement Law: August 2026 Update
September 2026Welcome to the thirteenth edition of In Competition. August was a month about entitlement, and specifically about where entitlement comes from. The Technology and Construction Court told a third-country bidder that a procurement conducted under regulations it could not invoke gave it a duty of good faith consideration and nothing more. It told a challenger… Read More >
Are Adjudicators and the Courts bound by commercial agreements reached during the Works?
September 2026Clerkenwell Lifestyle (UK) Limited v HG Construction Limited [2026] EWHC 1406 (TCC) is a cautionary tale for contractors seeking to rely on commercial negotiations. The decision emphasises that the “language of agreement” is insufficient to bind adjudicators and courts without clear evidence that the parties intended to create a binding, free-standing legal agreement, underscoring the… Read More >
Global Vantage: Navigating Canada’s Counter-Tariffs Impacts on Construction
September 2026Canada’s construction industry is entering a new phase of trade uncertainty, and contractors who plan ahead will be best placed to manage it. On 25 August 2026, Canada announced retaliatory tariffs matched dollar-for-dollar against $27.6 billion of American goods, responding to the United States’ 50 per cent tariff on Canadian exports. The measures took effect… Read More >
AI in Practice: Reliance and Risks
September 2026Artificial intelligence (AI) now features firmly in the day-to-day work of professional service providers – from drafting documents to interacting with clients. AI is now influencing, not just assisting, decisions. While the benefits are clear, its adoption introduces a distinct set of legal risks that extend beyond traditional technology concerns. These risks stem from how… Read More >