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‘Information’ or ‘Advice’? Construction Professionals Beware!
July 2017The Supreme Court recently provided guidance on the operation of the ‘SAAMCO’ cap in the landmark case of BPE Solicitors v Hughes-Holland. This article, by Ian Masser and Ben Spannuth, considers the key points of the judgment and its potential impact on construction professionals (which has recently been the subject of much comment and hypothesis… Read More >
Court issues new protocol for public procurement challenges
July 2017The Technology and Construction Court has issued guidance on dealing with public procurement challenges. The “Guidance Note on Procedures for Public Procurement Cases” acts as a form of pre-action protocol and applies from 17 July 2017. In this article, James Hutchinson highlights some of the key points this new Guidance covers. Please click on the… Read More >
Employment Benefit Trust Tax avoidance schemes and the Supreme Court death knell
July 2017Partner, Stephen Reilly reviews this month’s Supreme Court decision in the Glasgow Rangers “big tax” case, highlighting an important success for HMRC in the ongoing tax avoidance war. To read the full article, please click on th elink below.
VAT in the UAE – what does this mean for your construction contract?
July 2017Benjamin Franklin rightly stated “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. The United Arab Emirates, a popular tax haven, will succumb to its first direct tax – the value added tax. Sadaff Habib, of our Dubai office, discusses this new implication and how it will impact the construction… Read More >
Update on Payment of and Taxation of Costs
July 2017A new practice direction issued in April 2017 by the President of the Irish High Court intends to reduce the significant delay encountered by a successful party to litigation in recovering its costs from the other side, in situations where liability as to the payment of said costs is not in issue but taxation is… Read More >
Reports from the Courts
June 2017Our regular round up of the court cases of most interest to construction, by Simii Sivapalan and Andrew Croft looks at a decision shedding light on how the courts interpret the NEC3 ‘mutual trust and cooperation’ obligations; and another highlighting the perils of lengthy and document heavy contracts. This was first published by Construction Law… Read More >
Getting to grips with modern legal contracts and technology
June 2017Beale & Company appear in the CIHT Transportation Consultants Directory 2017 – our Partner Will Buckby discusses technology and transport projects and the need for legal contracts to fully consider the important role which technology plays. CIHT’s Transportation Consultants Directory is the only source of information devoted exclusively to transportation specialists in the UK. www.ciht.org.uk
Professional Services Contracts – what is the new consensus? Summary of key points made during the panel discussion 6 April 2017
June 2017Beale & Company and Griffiths & Armour hosted a panel led discussion earlier this year entitled ‘Professional Services Contracts – what is the new consensus?’. We were honoured to have Rosemary Jackson QC of Keating Chambers chair the panel of speakers. They consisted of Derek Turner, former Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Network Delivery… Read More >
A new arbitration law for the United Arab Emirates – third time lucky?
June 2017Recently, it was announced that a new draft arbitration law has been submitted to His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan for his approval and that the law is likely to come into effect before the end of 2017. The draft law is said to be based on the UNCITRAL Model Law… Read More >
Beale & Company advises on sale of Sinclair Johnston & Partners to Byrne Looby
June 2017Beale & Company acted for the shareholders of structural consultant Sinclair Johnston & Partners, on its acquisition by global civil engineering consultant Byrne Looby. James Hutchinson, a corporate Partner at Beale & Company, led the team advising the shareholders, and comments on this successful case. To read the full article, please click on the link… Read More >