Contractual pressures limit Covid safe collaboration

Modified working practices and Covid control measures introduced to construction sites have been largely successful in limiting transmission of the virus, new research has claimed. However, the sector’s focus on workforce health and safety has sometimes conflicted with contractual and productivity pressures, with a mixed response from clients to the pandemic. To read more of … Read more

Contracts need climate change review

Construction firms need to start translating ideas on reducing carbon into action on sites and should be reviewing their contracts and other legal documents from a climate perspective, lawyers have said following publication of a landmark climate change report this week. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please … Read more

Lawyers must promote ‘green’ drafting

Sustainability is increasingly promoted in project specifications as the world tackles climate change. Jane Hughes of Stevens & Bolton LLP argues that lawyers must go further, and have a moral duty to promote sustainability provisions in contract conditions. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law. If you have … Read more

Prevention is better than cure

In our latest Alternative Dispute Resolution series article Tracey Summerell of Dentons UK and Middle East LLP warns of growing pressures likely to provoke disputes. ADR can help them from arising, she advises. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law. If you have a subscription please log in … Read more

Confusion over liability for pandemic impacts

Confusion remains over who takes responsibility for Covid related delays and additional costs on projects, with a third of respondents to an industry survey reporting that their contracts were not fit to address the effects of notifiable pandemic events. To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in … Read more

Sector reports confusion over liability for pandemic impacts

Confusion remains over who takes responsibility for Covid related delays and additional costs on projects, with a third of respondents to an industry survey reporting that their contracts were not fit to address the effects of notifiable pandemic events. Lawyers say disputes are on the rise but it is debatable whether this can be blamed … Read more

Construction Law Guide to: Brexit

The latest CL Guide comes from Naithan McBride of DLA Piper who examines the impact of Brexit. Final outcomes are not yet known, but key likely impacts can be anticipated.  This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law. If you have a subscription please log in to read the … Read more

Risk allocation in the face of Covid-19

Lucy Chadwick and Kathryn Patel of Eversheds Sutherland consider the Construction Leadership Council’s paper ‘Covid-19: Contractual Disputes & Collaboration Guidance’, offering practical advice to the paper’s recommendations when drafting construction contacts. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law. If you have a subscription please log in to read … Read more

Legal terms explained: Termination

There are various reasons why a party might wish to terminate a contract. However, before doing so, the terminating party should clearly identify the legal basis for termination and take the appropriate steps to terminate. This story is only available to subscribers to the printed edition of Construction Law. If you have a subscription please … Read more

Reports from the courts: August/September 2020

Our regular round up of the cases of most interest to construction comes from Andrew Croft and Ben Spannuth of Beale & Company Solicitors LLP, focusing on one that underlines the courts’ reluctance to support challenges to the jurisdiction of adjudicators; and another that reinforces the position that ‘the prevention principle is not an overriding … Read more