MPs slam commercial skills

Public spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has slammed public sector procurement skills in another scathing report – Transforming contract management: progress review – that slams the civil service for a culture that does not place ‘enough value on commercial expertise’.

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News in Brief: May 2016

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Construction Industry Training Board have won a judicial review in the High Court that attempted to challenge the legality of the CITB levy system.

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Experts have lessons to learn

Recent case law in relation to the use and operation of expert witnesses is reviewed by Paul Newman of 3PB Barristers. Lessons need to be learned by experts themselves as well as the parties and legal counsel instructing them. 

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More pay less confusion

Amanda Burge of Hamlins reviews recent court decisions concerning the vexed issue of payments and pay less notices. More attention to contract administration will be needed until the courts sort out the difficulties this area of construction law has got into, she warns. 

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Completion not practically defined

Insurance expert John D Wright of JD Risk Associates explains the insurance perspective on difficulties associated with handover. Case law is inconclusive in several areas but careful definitions can save a lot of problems.

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Multiple adjudications with the same adjudicator

In our latest alternative dispute resolution series article David Owens of Clyde & Co reports on a rare success for a challenge to an adjudicator’s jurisdiction.

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Rail contractors must follow new behaviour rules

A new code of conduct setting out minimum standards of behaviour for Network Rail’s contractors and subcontractors is to be embedded within all future contracts.

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Construction lawyer rewarded for industry service

Scottish commercial law firm MacRoberts’ head of construction Neil Kelly has been recognised with an award for services to the industry by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

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Caution urged over Party Wall Act amendment on emails

An amendment to the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 has come into force, making it easier for surveyors acting on behalf of building owners to serve notices of construction work to neighbours.

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Multinationals failing to tackle corruption

The majority of the world’s largest multinational companies are operating with a culture of ‘profits over prevention’ when it comes to bribery and corruption, a new study by law firm Hogan Lovells has revealed.

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