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A costly failure to consider a reasonable offer of settlement
July 2018Cathie Shannon and Mary Smith consider a recent Irish High Court decision, which highlights the importance for parties to give due consideration to compromising their proceedings without the need for a hearing. It also provides a warning to Plaintiffs who choose to ignore reasonable offers of settlement made during the course of proceedings. To read… Read More >
PPPs in Oman – what will a new PPP law mean?
July 2018PPP project contracting is commonly used for public infrastructure projects such as new roads, hospitals, schools, telecommunication systems, airports or power plants. After a quarter of a century from Oman’s first PPP project, it is now on the verge of issuing a new PPP law. Oman will also establish a dedicated authority to oversee the… Read More >
Getting personal – Court strikes out £0.5 million claim due to solicitor's defective service of proceedings
July 2018The importance of always checking the validity of service. Judgement was handed down yesterday in Peak Health Distribution Limited v Harris Lacey & Swain (a partnership) (2018), where the High Court held there was no “good reason” for retrospectively validating a solicitor’s defective attempt at personal service. The Court struck out the £0.5m claim against… Read More >
Japanese Knotweed – A recent development
July 2018A decision by the UK Court of Appeal on 3 July last dismissed Network Rail’s appeal of the decision of Mr Recorder Grubb in Cardiff County Court on 2 February in relation to a number of private nuisance claims. As previously discussed in an earlier article, Japanese Knotweed – What a nuisance, neighbours Stephen Williams… Read More >
Reports from the Courts
July 2018Our regular round up of the court decisions of most interest to construction from Andrew Croft and Ben Spannuth. They look at a Scottish case that highlights the interaction between design obligations and workmanship obligations when considering fitness for purpose; and another that introduces a new ground for seeking to resist enforcement of an adjudicator’s… Read More >
The European Union (Insurance Distribution) Regulations 2018
July 2018The European Union (Insurance Distribution) Regulations 2018 were signed by the Minister on Wednesday, 27 June 2018. These Regulations transpose the Insurance Distribution Directive or “IDD” into national law and will enter into force on 1 October 2018. This fulfills Ireland’s requirement to transpose the IDD into national law ahead of the transposition deadline of… Read More >
Carillion sparks ripple effect for suppliers
June 2018Will Buckby, Partner, discusses the fallout from Carillion’s insolvency in this year’s Transportation Consultants Directory from CIHT. It has brought recognition of the need for change within the industry says Will and “we are now seeing consultants and sub-contractors being more cautious than they were previously and looking at risk and payment more carefully”. Click… Read More >
Strike-out for delay due to plaintiffs' strategic targeting of insurance policies
June 2018The decision in Honahan & anor v McInerney Construction Limited & ors [2018] IEHC 311 concerned the engagement by the plaintiffs of a number of parties for the purchase of a site and construction of a dwelling in February 1996. It is the latest in a string of recent applications to strike-out High Court actions… Read More >
Beale & Company advises Ramboll on acquisition of UK rail signalling specialist DEG Signal
June 2018Beale & Company acted for engineering, design and consultancy company Ramboll on its acquisition of DEG Signal. Partner, James Hutchinson, who advised on this acquisition provides further comment on this successful case. To read the full article, please click on the link below.
Beale & Company acts on the sale of MFD to Thornton Tomasetti
June 2018Beale & Company acted for the shareholders of MFD, a UK-based security consultancy, on its sale to Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering consultancy behind the new US Embassy in London. Partner, James Hutchinson, who advised on the sale provides further comment on this successful case. For more information, please click on the link below.