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Article 2021-10-12
In July 2021, the then Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick unveiled further plans to reform building safety with the publication of an updated version of the Building Safety Bill 2021.
News 2021-10-08
Following the publication of The Legal 500 UK 2022, we are proud to announce that the firm has once again achieved impressive rankings and recognition within the latest guide to leading law firms and lawyers.
Article 2021-09-02
The Work and Pensions Committee will examine the current risks posed by asbestos in the workplace, the actions taken by the Health and Safety Executive to mitigate them and how its approach compares to those taken in other countries.
Article 2021-08-25
Section 57 of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (Vic) (DBC Act) makes the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) “chiefly responsible for resolving domestic building disputes".
Article 2021-08-11
Climate change and environmental catastrophes are now a common theme in daily news. The much publicised report on climate change from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has suggested that we are closer to the environmental point of no return than leading scientists had previously contemplated, with human activity changing the climate in unprecedented and irreversible ways.
Article 2021-07-29
This update includes a roundup of recent court decisions dealing with liquidated damages, a classic residential property dispute, late service of a claim form, overstated losses in a claim for defects, and another example of adjudication enforcement where natural justice and jurisdiction issues are at play.
Article 2021-07-29
This is the last of our series of articles dedicated to the NEC contracts (New Engineering Contract). Here, we analyse the importance of compliance management systems as part of the regulatory requirements implemented in the ‘Reconstruction with Changes’ project in Peru.
News 2021-07-28
Kennedys are celebrating the achievements of one of our young apprentices, Tegan Johnson, who has been named as one of BPP’s apprentices of the year.
Case review 2021-07-23
We previously considered this case in 2019, when the Court of Appeal found that liquidated and ascertained damages (LADs) could not apply to work that had never been completed, and would only apply to work that is accepted after a delay. Work that never completed was only to be assessed according to the usual principles of damages – and not the contractual mechanism for LADs.
Article 2021-07-21
Homeowners may soon have up to 15 years in which to bring certain actions against builders and developers.
