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This week’s edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a case in which the Technology and Construction Court gave a detailed judgment on...
Construction analysis: The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) partially enforced an adjudicator’s decision concerning the validity of payment and...
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has published its strategic plan for the period from April 2026 to March 2027. The plan focuses on five priority...
Homes England has published updated versions of the Grant Funding Agreement, Deed of Trust and Duty of Care Agreement used in the Cladding Safety...
What are preliminaries in a construction contract?What are prelims?‘Preliminaries’ in a construction contract, or ‘prelims’, is typically taken to...
What is a variation on a construction project?A variation (sometimes referred to as a change) is an alteration to the scope of work originally...
Time of the essence—construction contractsWhat does time of the essence mean?Where time is 'of the essence' it means that the stated time for...
Product liability insurance for the construction industryThis Practice Note looks at product liability insurance from the perspective of those engaged...
What is the difference between joint insured, co-insured and composite insured?In financing and construction documentation for development projects it is usual to see requirements for parties to arrange insurance so that a lender, or other interested party, is joint insured, co-insured or composite
Product liability insurance for the construction industryThis Practice Note looks at product liability insurance from the perspective of those engaged in the construction industry. Product liability insurance is applicable to other industries, but those are outside of the scope of this Practice Note
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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