Legal terms expained – Quantum meruit

Quantum meruit is a Latin term translating to “what one has earned”. Quantum meruit enables claimants to recover payment of a reasonable sum for work they have performed, in circumstances where there is no specific remuneration for the work in a contract.

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Updated arbitration rules take effect

New arbitration and mediation rules adopted by the London Court of International Arbitration took effect on 1 October and have been welcomed by lawyers. Updates to the LCIA Arbitration Rules and LCIA Mediation Rules aim to streamline arbitral and mediation processes and make them clearer arbitrators, mediators and parties.

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Firms warned over stricter Covid obligations

Construction firms will need to place stricter focus on measures to prevent coronavirus transmission on sites, with current ‘Covid-secure’ guidance now set to become a legal obligation, lawyers and safety specialists have warned.

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Open book contracts reduce pandemic disputes risk

Future construction contracts should use ‘open book’ processes rather than setting a fixed price to help avoid arguments over delays and cost increases caused by any further Covid-19 or pandemic events, new guidance urges.

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News in Brief – October 2020

Government has “badly missed” its target for flammable cladding to be removed from high rise buildings, the Public Accounts Committee has reported.

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A persuasive influence worth holding on to?

Scotland famously enjoys its own legal system, separate from that of the rest of the UK. Although in commercial law there may be little of major difference between decisions made under Scots law and those that might be reached in England, the principle of a separate and distinct legal system is important to the devolved nation, as it has been to Scotland since the Act of Union of 1707.

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Battle over power plant delay goes to full trial

Engineering and construction firm M+W Group faces a claim for damages worth £133m over defects and delays to the delivery of an energy from waste power plant in Hull.

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Government to assess contractors on social value

Firms bidding for Government contracts will have to set out how they will deliver additional societal benefits – such as actions to tackle economic inequality or protect the environment – under a new social value model published by the Cabinet Office.

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Grenfell inspector hampered by workload

A building control officer who was in charge of inspecting work on Grenfell Tower to ensure compliance with building regulations was unable to visit certain projects within his responsibility due to workload pressures stemming from austerity cuts, the inquiry into the 2017 fire has heard.

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Stronger powers proposed to tackle late payment

New powers to support suppliers in resolving late payment issues could be handed to the Small Business Commissioner under a series of proposals which were set out for consultation this week.

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