Sustainable contracts

Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) contracts can assist in achieving the government’s sustainability objectives, according to the results of a consultation.

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Bleak future for PF2

News that some schools were at last being released by the Education Funding Agency has come as welcome relief to work starved contractors, but as many questions have been raised as answered about the future procurement methodology for all public sector infrastructure.

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News in Brief: June 2013

The Scottish government is considering anti blacklisting amendments to its Procurement Reform Bill and has invited trade unions to advise it on ensuring that blacklists are not involved in public sector projects.

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Handbook is required reading

The latest in our alternative dispute resolution series from Paul Morgan of Clyde & Co finds a long needed mediation handbook that should pave the way for less cynical and more useful mediation.

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Environmental risk growing

Insurance expert John D Wright of JD Risk Associates reports on the changing market for environmental cover. Bespoke insurance cover is essential as the level of regulation grows, he warns.

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How low dare you go?

The issue of what appear to be abnormally low tenders has had a recent airing in the European and Scottish courts, reports Robin Fallas of MacRoberts. Playing pricing games – even if backed by bonds and guarantees – can backfire, he warns.

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Turning up the ‘hot tub’ heat

In this review of some aspects of the changes ushered in by the Jackson reforms Vijay Bange of Trowers & Hamlins focuses on those that particularly affect expert witnesses. More parties could be getting into the ‘hot tub’ together, he suggests.

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Costs need to be ‘proportionate’

Peter Stockill of Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP examines some key aspects of the Jackson reforms, changes to civil litigation introduced on 1 April and their impact on construction disputes. Will Jackson succeed where Woolf failed to control costs?

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A bond may be no guarantee

Elspeth Owens of 4 Pump Court describes a Court of Appeal decision in a shipbuilding dispute that has implications for guarantees and on demand bonds commonly used in construction contracts. An appeal to the Supreme Court is possible.

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Wide reaching contract changes

Rachel Chaplin and Ed Freeman of Clyde & Co report on wide-reaching changes to the IChemE standard contract forms in the first of a two part analysis. As our rather dog-eared copy of the IChemE Red Book testifies, it has been a few years (ten years in fact) since it was updated.

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