News in brief: March 2014

A Hampshire contractor specialising in decommissioning fuel tanks pleaded guilty to health and safety charges after a worker was badly burned while cutting up a disused tank with a disc cutter.

To read more of this and every other news story on this site, please log in with your Construction Law membership account details. If you don't have an account, you can get free access to the news on this site and receive a free newsletter on Fridays by creating a Newsletter account. See the panel to the right.

Subscribers to the printed magazine get access to the entire Construction law website.

Plea bargaining to combat corruption

Corruption in business is endemic across the European Community, costing the EU economy almost £100 billion a year in lost tax revenues and foreign investment; and the problem is getting worse.

Read more

Construction dispute market trends

Guest editor Vijay Bange of Trowers & Hamlins examines international comparisons of the UK’s construction disputes. They take about twice as long to resolve as elsewhere in Europe, and this could have been even worse if not for adjudication, he argues.

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 rest of the story.

Reports from the courts: January 2014

Our regular round up of the court cases of most interest to construction from Will Buckby and Andrew Croft of Beale & Company focuses on a case which turned on whether a beneficiary of a bond can call on the bond by virtue of its own breach of contract; and on a dispute where the judge called the contractual arrangements ‘death by subcontracting’.

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 rest of the story.

A contract for complexity?

Our contracts monitor Michael Phipps, Principal of Thurston Consultants, turns his attention to the JCT Management Building Contract 2011 which is a complex document designed to cover most, if not all, eventualities on major projects.

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 rest of the story.

Construction law in 2013 – a review

Shy Jackson of Pinsent Masons highlights the key themes and decisions affecting construction law during 2013, with a detailed consideration of the year in adjudication and a review of developments in Scotland following in separate articles.

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 rest of the story.

The year in adjudication

Lawrence Davies and Michael Cottrell of Pinsent Masons review some of the key adjudication cases from 2013, including a judgment drawing collateral warranties into the adjudication arena and a surprising Court of Appeal judgment on limitation periods for challenging adjudicator decisions.

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 rest of the story.

Review of construction law in Scotland 2013

Shona Frame of MacRoberts reviews the main construction law related developments in Scotland during 2013. The principal themes in a busy year included developments related to public sector procurement and issues arising from insolvency.

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 rest of the story.

Perseverance pays

Pasquale Pisanelli and Will Buckby of Beale & Company analyse a judgment that gives rare guidance on whether costs incurred in enforcing an arbitration award

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 rest of the story.

Raising the liability cap

Ann Levin and William Glynn of Herbert Smith Freehills analyse a recent judgment that has implications for a range of issues including termination. The judgment also gives useful guidance on managing a project that is not going well.

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 rest of the story.

+ More