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Councils breaking the law on prompt payment

More than half of English councils are breaching their legal duty by failing to ensure that their supply chains are paid promptly, an investigation by the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) has revealed.

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Late payments law in conflict with Construction Act?

December’s Construction Law lands on subscriber’s desks today, with a wide range of expert articles on the key topics that construction companies need to be aware of as well as news of important developments like arbitration rules changes and claims that the growing use of open tenders is unsustainable.

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Date set for ‘duty to report’ payments

Large companies will be required to publish details on how promptly they pay their suppliers from April 2017 under draft regulations released by Small Businesses Minister Margot James.

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Report highlights bribery prevention failures

Almost half of multinationals are failing to carry out basic bribery and corruption checks on third party contractors before working with them, according to a report from Hogan Lovells that also reveals the UK as the weakest internationally on corruption risk assessment.

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Training initiative targets slavery in construction

Modern slavery in construction is to be targeted by a new project developed by Willmott Dixon and funded by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

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CPRC to examine hot tubbing report

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) is to consider the recommendations of a report on concurrent expert evidence in court – known as ‘hot tubbing’ – which was published by the Civil Justice Council in August.

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JCT update on standard contracts

Chair of the Joint Contracts Tribunal Richard Saxon provided an update on JCT contracts for attendees to the Scottish Building Contract Committee’s annual conference.

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News in Brief: December 2016

London Underground (LU) has been fined £500,000 for health and safety breaches after a worker fell from a tower scaffold while cleaning a former lift shaft at South Kentish Town in 2014, suffering a number of injuries.

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Arbitration rule changes

The International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Court) has amended its rules to increase the efficiency and transparency of ICC arbitrations.

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New standard to combat bribery

Measures to help organisations combat bribery are set out in a new ISO standard – ISO 37001 – which it is hoped will assist UK companies and other organisations turn the legal requirements of the 2010 Bribery Act into practical measures.

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