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Article 04-03-2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP delivered his second budget yesterday which predominantly focused on maintaining, extending and creating new COVID-19 measures. This budget was a response to the pandemic first and foremost and, on that front, it more than delivered. Here, our commercial experts provide an overview of what the measures mean to businesses in a number of critical areas.
Article 01-03-2021
The use of drones (UAV’s -Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) has rocketed both commercially and non-commercially and is predicted to grow due to technological advancements which makes them ever more affordable, easier to use and increasingly sophisticated. Here, we look at the impacts drones are having in the real estate market.
Article 16-02-2021
A roundup of recent developments in the sustainability sphere, including modern methods of construction coverage issues tackled by the Spanish Courts, the impact of MMC on insurers, how to minimise the risks of retrofitting homes by 2050 in the race to zero and the impacts of the Supreme Court decision in permitting a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
Article 11-02-2021
It is a scenario that arises every day – a subcontractor’s employee injures themselves on a job site and is out of work for an extended period of time. Under negligence principles, who had the duty to ensure employee safety and can thus be potentially liable for the employee’s injuries and damages, including perhaps decades of future lost earnings?
Article 10-02-2021
‘Design life’ is commonly referred to in design and build contracts. However, ‘design life’ is not usually defined in the contract, nor is there a commonly accepted definition of the term. Employers want the contractor to guarantee that the building’s design enables the building to last for a specified period with minimal or no repairs.
Article 10-02-2021
Modern methods of construction increasingly requires integration of new technologies in construction processes and management, providing more efficiency, less contamination, more manageable data, and a wider scope of control on construction systems solutions and products.
Article 09-02-2021
This update includes a roundup of recent court decisions dealing with payment provisions, settlements after adjudication, arguments of natural justice in adjudication, and clarifying the meaning of “reasonable endeavours”.
Article 09-02-2021
The COVID-19 pandemic remains, at the time of writing, an ongoing event which has brought about economic disruption on an alarming scale. Due to its unprecedented virulent and contagious nature, as well as its unforeseeability and potential for containment, the COVID-19 pandemic has, in many countries, precipitated hard stoppages (or else, severe limitations) ordered by governments to curb the spread of the disease.
Article 27-01-2021
In Kvaerner Metals Division of Kvaerner U.S., Inc. v. Commercial Union Ins. Co., the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that claims of faulty workmanship, including the natural consequences of that faulty workmanship, do not arise from an “occurrence”. 908 A.2d 888, 898 (Pa. 2006).
Article 26-01-2021
This is the fourth of our series of articles providing an introduction to the NEC (New Engineering Contract) series of contracts, in light of its proposed use on the Reconstruction with Changes Project in Peru. In this article we explore dispute resolution under NEC, considering the commonly used options of adjudication and Dispute Avoidance Boards.
