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Construction Law: March 2024

Editor’s comment
HS2 cost control reform demanded – but will it be too late?
Editor Nick Barrett says a Public Accounts Committee report on HS2 provides little cheer to anyone hoping that the UK could somehow successfully deliver infrastructure investment on the scale highlighted recently as essential by the National Infrastructure Commission.

News
Our regular news round up includes a call from insurance companies for pilot projects to find investment models for green infrastructure; failure of another legal challenge to the Stonehenge project; and a warning that the new Building Safety Regulator is looking for a high profile prosecution to make a point.

Legal terms explained
Hao Wu of LLP explains what is meant by Provisional Sums.

Guest editor
Managing change control following the Building Safety Act 2022
Guest Editors Roddy Cormack and Katie Percy of Dentons UK and Middle East LLP warn that the new change control regime introduced under the Building Safety Act could make allocating and managing contractual risk significantly more challenging. Long underused digital tools might provide some help.

Legislation state of play table
Our regular update of legislation and procurement related developments is compiled by Alignment Media staff.

Reports from the courts
Our regular review of the court decisions of most interest to construction comes from Andrew Croft, Ben Spannuth and Daniela Miklova of Beale & Company Solicitors LLP who report on a case that reminds parties to comply with contractual notification requirements/payment obligations to avoid prejudicing their right to adjudicate; and a First Tier Tribunal decision that underlines that it has discretion under s124 of the Building Safety Act to determine whether a Remediation Contribution Order would be just and equitable.

Analysis
Courts upholding planning permissions against judicial review applications
Judicial review applications have not been having a successful time in the courts recently, with several high profile attempts to halt infrastructure projects having been refused this year. Here we examine a Scottish decision confirming that courts will maintain a non interventionist approach once planning has been granted.

CL guides
The new building safety regime
Our latest CL Guide series article comes from Rachel Chaplin of DLA Piper who examines implications of the new building safety regime.

Adjudication
Adjudication: Does size and/or complexity matter?
Patrick Heneghan of 3PB Barristers asks whether Parliament intended adjudication to used in large or complex disputes. Can challenges based on claiming that the dispute is too large or complex succeed?

Defects
The problem with RAAC: comparing liabilities, claims and remedies in Scotland and England
Julie Scott-Gilroy of Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP explains differences between how liabilities and claims and remedies relating to the use of RAAC differ between Scots law and the rest of the UK. A key difference is the time during which claims can be made.

Claims
The reincarnation of time-barred claims
Stephanie Geesink, Counsel, and Dom Turner-Harriss of Watson Farley & Williams LLP analyse a Court of Appeal judgment that sets out how the courts will approach fire safety claims under the Defective Premises Act following the introduction of the extended limitation period in the Building Safety Act.

Planning
Client pressures for speed can raise issues for lawyers
Sarah Fitzpatrick and Carina Wentzel of Norton Rose Fulbright describe the pressures lawyers can find themselves under when clients press for speed in securing planning approvals. Speed might however introduce commercial and legal risks, they warn.

Insurance
Flood damage – an ongoing problem for insurers
Our insurance expert John D Wright of JD Risk Associates analyses the insurance aspects of flood damage. The future looks tricky for insurers and policyholders alike, he warns, as the frequency of flood events rises. .

Alternative dispute resolution
Wearing your professional mantle in negotiations (for the greater good)
In our latest ADR series article Tracey Summerell of Dentons UK & Middle East LLP stresses the importance of proper behaviour during negotiations; poor behaviour could indicate unhealthy stress levels.

Clients alerted to contractor insolvency threat as industry emerges from recession

Turner & Townsend is warning clients that they need to carry out ‘robust procurement and pre-qualification checks’ to minimise the risk of contractor insolvencies impacting programmes as the industry climbs out of recession.

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Building control crisis averted by competence proof extension

A crisis in building control in England has been averted by the Building Safety Regulator granting a 13 week extension to the deadline by which inspectors have to prove competence. The Regulator warns however that there will be no extension beyond this transition period that ends on 6 July.

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New collaborative framework expected for School Rebuilding Programme

The Department for Education (DoE) is to launch a new collaborative contractor framework to speed up delivery of projects under its flagship School Rebuilding Programme.

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Levelling up project delays are ‘baked in’ say MPs

Only 10% of the £10.47 billion allocated to councils for regeneration projects under the government’s levelling up programme has been spent so far, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) cannot provide any compelling examples of what has been delivered, says a report.

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Spending watchdog warns Carillion lessons not being evaluated adequately

Government interventions in distressed companies like failed construction giant Carillion are not being evaluated consistently and transparently and lessons learned are not being shared across government, says the parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in a report.

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Construction Law latest print issue published

The print version of Construction Law will be arriving on subscriber’s desks around now, with the popular blend of analysis, explanation and news.

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Independent major project delivery delay review commissioned

Planning barrister Lord Charles Banner KC has been appointed by Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) minister Michael Gove to lead an independent review on how to speed up delivery of major infrastructure projects.

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Homes consultations hit by software problems

Housebuilders have hit out at the government after software failures prevented respondents from properly responding to a consultation on the Future Homes Standard. The delay has forced the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) into an emergency response and to extend the consultation period.

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Birmingham PFI roads row goes to judicial review

Birmingham City Council is proceeding with a judicial review process to challenge a Department for Transport refusal to approve a £2.7 billion highways contract. A hearing is expected later this month.

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Safety group slams developers for minimal compliance approach to regulations

The Industry Safety Steering Group (ISSG) has hit out at developers for continuing to build with designs appropriate to older standards. The group says that some developers show an approach based on minimal compliance of safety regulations.

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