Expert appointments demand expert drafting

Our latest alternative dispute resolution series article from Cheryl Ferguson of Dentons UK and Middle East LLP reports on rare court guidance on the appointment of an expert.

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New and proposed legislation: State of play table 280

This table, prepared by Barrett Byrd Associates, 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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Legal terms explained: Prolongation Costs

Prolongation costs are typically claimed by a contractor against an employer where the completion of a project has been delayed by the employer or an event at the employer’s risk (an ‘Employer Risk Event’), and the contractor has incurred additional costs and/or loss that it would not otherwise have incurred.

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Fourth demolition Director disqualified for cartel behaviour

A fourth demolition sector company director has been disqualified following the the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) investigation into illegal cartel behaviour.

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Judicial review challenge to road project rejected

Construction of a £950 million road project in Cambridgeshire is to go ahead following failure of a legal challenge in the appeal court.

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Directors jailed after five men died in wall collapse

Two company directors have been jailed after a wall collapsed killing five men, and their companies have been fined a total of £1.6million and ordered to pay £775,000 in prosecution costs.

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News in Brief: June 2023

The government has relaunched its £20 billion New Hospital Programme (NHP) programme to build 40 new hospitals by 2030.

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Remediation contract a missed opportunity

Making developers and their suppliers pay for their role in creating buildings of such a dangerous quality that inhabitants die when fire spreads too easily within them, which is what happened at Grenfell Tower, is proving to be a difficult job. And it looks unlikely to get any easier.

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Demolition director wins appeal

One of the banned directors involved in demolition contractor bid rigging has had his appeal to continue as a director granted by the High Court.

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Housing Secretary calls in more developments on design grounds

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has reportedly intervened in another two planning applications on design grounds, following his recent calling in of a planned housing development in Tunbridge Wells.

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