Economic crime act receives Royal Assent

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, which is said to contain the most significant reforms to UK corporate criminal liability in more than a decade, received Royal Assent on 26 October. The government hopes it will lead to a crackdown on economic crime such as corruption, money laundering and fraud said to be costing the UK £350 billion a year.

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Credit insurance bites construction supply chain

The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has warned that access to insurance is becoming an increasing concern for the supply chain.

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Scottish construction transformation consultation

The Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) is consulting the Scottish construction industry on its plans for transformation of the sector outlined in its Transformation Action Plan (TAP).

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High Court ruling suggests arbitration reform might be needed

A High Court judge says he will report two lawyers involved in a controversial arbitration which he overturned to their regulatory authorities, in a ruling that is splitting option on whether it could undermine or reinforce London’s leading role as an arbitral jurisdiction. Questions are also raised over whether the arbitration process is itself in need of reform.

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Recent building safety cases: the courts are getting stuck in

Sarah Alexander of Dentons UK and Middle East LLP reviews recent court decisions relating to the growing number of building safety related cases since the Building Safety Act 2022 came into force. Developers face prosecution for failing to comply with improvement notice deadlines, one case confirms.

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Serial Adjudication in 2023: some like it hot

Karen Gough of 39 Essex Chambers analyses why after over 25 years of the adjudication regime the courts are still kept busy with issues arising from serial adjudications. Claiming parties like them, but they are the bane of adjudicators and judges she says.

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Enhanced status helps keep the Irish adjudication bar high

Stephen McKenna and Nouman Qadir of Quigg Golden analyse two recent decisions in Irish construction law handed down by the High Court. Adjudicator’s decisions have ‘enhanced status’ in the Irish courts compared to the UK, they point out, and the courts have a track record of supporting the intentions of the legislation.

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Party walls – we are all affected

Dr Laura Lintott, Visiting Fellow at King’s College London and Supervisor for undergraduates in land and private law at the University of Cambridge, writes in her capacity as a recent PhD graduate from the University of Cambridge on the topic of her thesis: Party Wall Disputes: Legal Coherence and Dispute Management.

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Insurance and Consequential Loss

Insurance expert John D Wright of JD Risk Associates examines how insurers regard claims for consequential loss. Claims for economic loss give rise to many disputes, he warns.

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Time to mandate adjudication pupillage?

Caroline McDermott of Turner & Townsend and Kirsti Olson of Dentons UK and Middle East LLP suggest pupillage as one way to increase the supply of adjudicators.

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