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RIBA Principal Designer’s Guide
May 2024In March 2024 RIBA published a Guide on the role of the Principal Designer, which is especially helpful given the lack of substantive guidance from the government or the Building Safety Regulator. For further information about the Building Safety Act, please see links to our previous articles here and here, and explore our ‘Building a… Read More >
What’s Next for the UK Construction Industry if Labour Prevails?
May 2024Introduction Press reports are anticipating a dramatic shift in the status quo for the next UK general election, with YouGov predicting the Conservatives to only achieve c.19% of the vote[1]. In this article, we consider how the key political battlegrounds in the construction, engineering and infrastructure sectors may play out and how a new Labour… Read More >
Is Pirelli potentially doomed? The Appeal of URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd
May 2024Overview In December 2023, the Supreme Court granted URS Corporation Ltd permission to appeal the earlier Court of Appeal decision in URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 772. The Appeal is listed for early December 2024 before 7 justices. A core question arising is whether the earlier decision in Pirelli General… Read More >
JCT Design & Build 2024: what you need to know
April 2024We hosted a webinar on 25 April looking at the recently published 2024 edition of the JCT Design & Build Contract (“D&B Contract”) and it was great to see so many of you there. For anyone unable to attend and as a reminder, the key points covered were as follows. Summary The latest changes reflect… Read More >
Willmott Dixon v Prater and others – Claim No. HT-2022-000409
March 2024Case Report Building Liability Orders – Important new guidance from the Court Overview: On 21 March 2024, Mrs Justice Jefford delivered an ex tempore Judgment in the Technology and Construction Court on an application brought by various Lindner Group companies regarding Part 20 claims brought by AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Ltd (“AECOM”) for Building… Read More >
REPORTS FROM THE COURTS
March 2024Our regular analysis of court decisions of most interest to construction comes from Andrew Croft, Ben Spannuth and Daniela Miklova who report on a case that reminds parties to comply with contractual notification requirements/payment obligations to avoid prejudicing their right to adjudicate; and a First Tier Tribunal decision that underlines that it has discretion under… Read More >
Construction Disputes Landscape for 2024: The here and now and what to expect next
March 2024As we near the end of the first quarter of this year, Ian Masser and Sophie-Rose Bowen take a look at some of the issues that have impacted the UK construction disputes landscape recently and could shape the industry moving further into 2024. New UK Legislation: The construction industry continues to monitor the impacts of… Read More >
Triathlon Homes LLP v Stratford Village Development Partnership (1) Get Living PLC (2) East Village Management Limited (3) [2024] UKFTT 26 (PC)
January 2024The First Tier Tribunal, Property Chamber has released a decision which considers the ‘just and equitable test’ under section 124 of the Building and Safety Act 2022 for the first time. The decision provides guidance on the relevant facts that determine when a remediation contribution order can be awarded and the relevant remediation costs that… Read More >
Market trends in the construction industry in 2023 and how to tackle them in 2024
January 2024As the first month of 2024 draws to a close, we feel it is an opportune time to reflect on some of the trends we saw in the construction industry in 2023 and hopefully look with some positivity at what is to come in 2024. 2023 was, in lots of ways, a difficult year for… Read More >
New Year’s Evolution – JCT 2024 Edition
January 2024The Joint Contract Tribunals (JCT) is expected to release an updated edition of its suite of standard form contracts early this year. In this article, we consider what we know so far about the JCT 2024 and the likely changes that it will introduce. The current edition of the JCT contracts suite, the JCT 2016,… Read More >