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FCA Business Interruption update – High Court test case expected in July
May 2020On Friday 15 May, the FCA provided an update on its Covid-19 BI initiative. The FCA had already set out its intention to obtain expedited court declarations aimed at resolving the contractual uncertainty around the validity of many BI claims. Beale & Co Partner Stephen Reilly provides an update on the latest developments.
Covid-19 – Safe working could be a nuisance!
May 2020On the 13th May 2020, the UK government published a Written Ministerial Statement on planning and construction working hours. This statement expects local planning authorities to approve requests to extend construction working hours temporarily to ensure safe working in line with social distancing requirements, except where there are very compelling reasons to refuse a request.… Read More >
Less is more: CIC publishes streamlined adjudication procedure for Low Value Disputes
May 2020As the coronavirus pandemic continues to prompt industry concerns over an increase in construction disputes, the Construction Industry Council [link] has published a new adjudication procedure, aimed at resolving disputes that involve claims of less than £50,000. In this article, Sheena Sood and James Hughes look at the key features of this new procedure and… Read More >
Global Vantage: Subcontracting under the FIDIC Yellow Book
May 2020As many of you will know, in December 2019, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (“FIDIC”) launched the latest update to its suite of standard forms of contract. Amongst FIDIC’s newest additions to its contractual suite is the “Conditions of Subcontract for Plant and Design (Yellow Book 1999), 1st ed (2019)” (the “Subcontract”), intended for… Read More >
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme – Extension to Furlough announced by the Chancellor on 12 May 2020
May 2020The furlough scheme has now been extended from the end of June to the end of October 2020. It has so far protected 7.5million jobs and been used by nearly 1million businesses at a cost to the UK of £10billion. In this article, Michael Archer comments on the announcement by the Chancellor that he intends… Read More >
Government issues COVID-19 guidance on reopening offices in England
May 2020The Government issued new guidance last night aimed at those in or running offices, contact centres and other similar indoor environments during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The thirty-two page guidance is structured as series of objectives and has been prepared to provide practical advice on minimising the risks from COVID-19 when reopening offices or increasing… Read More >
Workplace Relations Commission Annual Report 2019
May 2020In April 2020, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) published its fifth annual report, providing an update on the work the organisation carried out throughout the previous year. In this article, Sarah Conroy, Niamh Loughran and Conor Williams discuss the report details, the number of complaints the WRC received, how these issues were resolved and, alongside… Read More >
Return to Work Safety Protocol – Irish Government Essential Requirements
May 2020Following the announcement of the Roadmap for easing lockdown set out by the Irish Government last week, the Government has published the Return to Work Safety Protocol setting out the measures, which employers and their employees will have to follow in order to reopen. In this article, Tara Cosgrove looks at the key measures that… Read More >
CLC COVID-19 Task Force: Contractual / Commercial Workstream
May 2020The Construction Leadership Council’s Government supported COVID-19 Contractual Best Practice guidance has been published today, alongside a Cabinet office publication, the COVID-19 Responsible Contract Behaviour Note. Andrew Croft, Senior Associate at Beale & Co, has been part of the working group responsible for the drafting of this guidance and as a Firm we are proud… Read More >
Aggregation or Abdication? SRA Compensation Fund proposals rejected by the LSCP
April 2020The SRA’s 21 January 2020 consultation on the Compensation Fund has ended. The SRA’s proposals included a number of wide reaching changes in the operation of the fund, including applying an aggregate limit to the value of claims linked to any one ‘scheme’ and restricting the maximum recoverable amount to £500,000. Restrictions are also proposed… Read More >