That sinking feeling

Subsidence insurance cover is a relatively new phenomenon and claims are a major headache for insurers. Insurance expert John D Wright explains how the courts’ attitude to claims developed.

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Highways – what’s around the bend?

Ben Mullard of Beale & Company reviews the major changes under way in the key highways market that it is hoped will transform the way highway services are procured. A new collaborative approach to contracts has been welcomed by the industry.

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Danger ahead?

New responsibilities are being placed on designers by changes in health and safety law while HSE budgets are being cut. Michael Woolley of Hill Dickinson warns that increasing workloads and the changes to health and safety law may present significant challenges to the industry and its insurers.

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CEDR model mediation procedure changes

Will Cooper of Clyde & Co examines the recent changes to the CEDR’s model mediation procedure, most of which can be welcomed but some of which might be superfluous as well as likely to drive up costs.

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GoCo promises end to stop-go on roads

Legislation to transform the Highways Agency from April next year into a government owned company – a GoCo – was set out in the Infrastructure Bill in April, creating a legal framework for the new entity to oversee England’s strategic roads network.

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Appeals may delay £750 million framework

The government’s long delayed £750 million Project Management and Full Design Team Services Framework looks in danger of further delay as losing consultants mount legal challenges to the procurement process.

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Blacklisting ‘super case’ to be heard

The High Court has granted a Group Litigation Order (GLO) which means that it will hear a single blacklisting ‘super case’ rolling a number of separate cases into one.

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Late payments inquiry launched

Public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has launched an inquiry into late payments to main contractors and sub-contractors on government contracts.

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News in brief: August 2014

Project Bank Accounts (PBAs) have now been rolled out across government construction contracts worth over £5 billion, well in excess of the target of £4 billion by the end of the current financial year.

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Legal terms explained: After the event and before the event insurance

An unsuccessful party to litigation will normally be required to pay a proportion of the winner’s costs as well as bearing their own. Consideration should therefore be given to whether a party holds any existing insurance for legal costs (known as ‘before the event insurance’).

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