Facing highways challenges together

Guest editor Ben Mullard of Beale & Company sees a challenging future for Highways England – and its supply chain – as the newly formed organisation introduces new procurement routes. Much hope is being pinned on the Collaborative Delivery Framework, but is it up to the task?

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Legal terms explained: Challenging arbitration awards

Challenging arbitration awards One of the main reasons a party elects deciding a dispute by arbitration is the finality of the decision. The Arbitration Act 1996 (the AA) however allows a party to challenge the arbitration award in the English courts, albeit in very limited circumstances.

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News in Brief: August 2015

Yorkshire roofing company Watershed (Roofing) Ltd was fined £80,000 with £39,381 costs after pleading guilty to safety breaches that led to the death of selfemployed bricklayer Barry Tyson who fell through a roof light on a North Yorkshire County Council school refurbishment in August 2011.

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Focus on project set up

The Major Projects Authority (MPA) is to focus on ensuring that projects in the government’s £489 billion investment programme are set up from the start to maximise their chances of success, says interim Chief Executive Tony Meggs in the 2015 annual report.

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Leadership council assumes chief adviser role

The Chief Construction Adviser role is to be scrapped when the incumbent Peter Hansford’s term of office ends in November, and a revamped Construction Leadership Council (CLC) will assume the role.

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Six year adjudication limitation confirmed

The Supreme Court has upheld an appeal court decision that a party seeking repayment of sums paid following an adjudication award against it has six years from the date of payment to do so.

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Contract administration not good enough?

Some good news for UK construction comes out of the latest Arcadis survey of disputes worldwide, the fifth in an annual series. The survey finds that parties to UK construction contracts are proving to be more willing to negotiate settlements to disputes before they reach court and the courts are managing to control the costs of those actions that go ahead.

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Costs can put the brake on arbitration

In our latest alternative dispute resolution series article David Owen of Clyde & Co examines a case that shows the willingness of the courts to tackle disputes even where an arbitration agreement was set out in the contract.

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No blacklisting compensation for agency workers

Compensation for blacklisting may not be available for agency workers with no employment contracts with main contractors, Madeleine Thomson of Hamlins says in this report on a key employment law case.

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Contract works – cover for existing structures

Insurance expert John D Wright of JD Risk Associates looks at the cover available for contract works. Existing structures need separate cover but it is not always clear what constitutes an existing structure, he warns.

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