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Supreme Court clarifies Building Safety liability issues

Stephanie Geesink, Counsel, and Dom Turner-Harriss of Watson Farley & Williams LLP analyse the landmark ruling from the Supreme Court that clarifies significant issues regarding liability for building safety defects. The decision highlights the potential liability that can arise many years after project completion.

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The Construction Act payment regime: what about the VAT?

Matthew Thorne and Caroline Ziebart of 4 Pump Court examine a court decision with important implications for the industry’s payment regime. They argue that it creates a situation not required by the Construction Act and that it should be reversed.

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Steering complex hospital builds to completion

Andrew Drennan of Alvarez & Marsal Disputes’ London office and Haris Katostaras of Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in Athens, share their experiences of what causes such a high incidence of delays and disputes on hospital projects. Key strategies to mitigate the problems are suggested.

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Pros and Cons in Employer’s Liability Insurance

Insurance expert John D Wright of JD Risk Associates reviews the development of employer’s liability insurance over the past century. Despite efforts to minimise the dangers of injuries at work, the incidence of claims continues to rise, especially in construction.

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Approaches to choosing a dispute resolution forum

In our latest ADR series article Tracey Summerell and George Harris-Rowe of Dentons UK and Middle East LLP report from a recent disputes conference in London.

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Legal terms explained; Emergency arbitration and construction disputes

Emergency arbitration typically refers to an arbitral procedure that involves the appointment of an emergency arbitrator (EA), allowing a party to obtain urgent relief before the constitution of a tribunal, without needing to seek assistance from the national courts.

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Contracts need more careful preparation to avoid conflicting provisions

Guest Editor Dom Turner-Harriss of Watson Farley & Williams LLP laments the inadequate contract preparation that is often found to lie at the heart of construction disputes. A recent case highlights what can go wrong, and points towards ways to avoid problems from conflicting contract provisions.

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Legislation state of play table 300

This table, prepared by Alignment Media, provides a regularly amended guide to new and proposed legislation that will affect the construction industry. In addition to EU Directives and UK legislation, the table includes notes highlighting discussion papers issued by both government and non-government organisations, and commentary on the latest developments.

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Reports from the courts: June 2025

Our latest round up of the court decisions of most interest to construction comes from Andrew Croft, Ben Spannuth and Daniela Miklova of Beale & Company Solicitors LLP who examine a case that warns parties to monitor digital communications carefully and ensure that contractual negotiations are “subject to contract” so that the signed contractual documents represent the agreed contractual terms; and a judgment that demonstrates the difficulties that parties face in using jurisdictional challenges to resist enforcement of adjudicator decisions.

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Infrastructure looks like a main beneficiary from change in government investment attitude

Hopes are high that a combination of pension fund reforms and revision to the Treasury’s Green Book could help unleash a new wave of infrastructure investment to be announced in the Spending Review and the Ten-Year Infrastructure Strategy, reports Nick Barrett.

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