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Article 2020-12-23
Supreme Court gives green light to third runway at Heathrow
Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal ruled that the planned expansion of Heathrow Airport was unlawful. In particular, the Court of Appeal determined that the Secretary of State for Transport had failed to take into account climate change obligations contained within the Paris Agreement on Climate Change when drafting the Airport’s National Policy Statement.
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Article 2020-12-03
Pricing options under the NEC Engineering & Construction Contract
This is the latest of our series of articles introducing new users to the NEC (New Engineering Contract) suite of contracts, with particular focus on its proposed use on the Reconstruction with Changes Project in Peru. Here, we consider the standard pricing options under the NEC Engineering & Construction Contract (ECC).
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News 2020-11-27
Kennedys celebrates 20 years in Hong Kong with office move
Kennedys is celebrating 20 years in Hong Kong, and is also moving to new offices.
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News 2020-11-09
Kennedys recruits new insurance partner in Melbourne
Kennedys is delighted to announce the appointment of financial lines specialist Emily Schneider as a partner in the firm’s Insurance group in Melbourne. Emily joins Kennedys from Barry.Nilsson, where she was a special counsel.
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News 2020-11-02
Kennedys duo set to strengthen Middle East capabilities
Kennedys has announced that partners Victoria Clucas and Bill Evans have moved from London to Dubai as part of the firm’s plans to strengthen its capabilities across the Gulf and Middle East region.
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Article 2020-10-30
Construction Brief: latest decisions November 2020
This update includes a round-up of recent court decisions dealing with arguments of manifest injustice in enforcement proceedings, retention, adjudication procedure and further consideration of the interplay between the insolvency and adjudication regimes.
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Case review 2020-10-30
Compatability of insolvency and adjudication – the next chapter
In one of the most significant decisions dealing with the interplay between insolvency and adjudication since the Supreme Court judgment in Bresco Electrical Services Limited v Michael J Lonsdale (Electrical) Limited [17.06.20], the Technology and Construction Court considered John Doyle Construction Limited’s application for summary judgment to enforce an adjudicator’s decision.
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Article 2020-10-13
Modern methods of construction - contractual considerations
Following our last two articles in our series regarding “modern methods of construction” , this article will focus on contractual issues to be considered when drafting contracts related to projects using MMC and in particular, off-site construction.
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News 2020-10-09
Kennedys again achieves multiple ‘top tier’ rankings in The Legal 500 2021 rankings
We are pleased to announce that the publication of the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 UK has seen us ranked as a ‘top-tier firm’ in nine practice areas.
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Article 2020-10-05
Bridging the gap for the NRC Project: contract considerations
In the second of our series of articles intended to introduce new users to the NEC (New Engineering Contract) suite of contracts, and with particular focus on its proposed use on the NRC Project in Peru, we explore the general principles of NEC design liability.