Squaring the corruption circle

The World Bank is not an institution with a reputation for being a leading light in much outside banking, although it is acknowledged as being well stocked with very bright and highly educated people. One of its economists has just hit the headlines for providing a new proof of Pythagoras’ theorem – the one about isosceles triangles (check Wikipedia if you need to know more).

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Benefit banned from own breach

In our latest alternative dispute resolution series article Russell Banfi of Clyde & Co reports on a rare TCC consideration of an arbitration arising out of a dispute under a FIDIC form of contract.

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Insurance fraud taken to task

Insurance expert John D Wright of JD Risk Associates explains the background to a government investigation into insurance fraud which has produced an interim report. Exaggerating the quantum of claims is also fraud, he warns.

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Tender award is not the end of the game

Vijay Bange of Trowers & Hamlins examines how and why procurement decisions are so frequently being subject to post award challenge.

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Recovering adjudication costs

Winning an adjudication is no guarantee of a financial advantage, as Andy Mather of Macfarlanes points out. There are some potential ways to recover costs, but they need to be tested in court.

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Kitchen sink drafting style under scrutiny

Michael Sergeant of Holman Fenwick Willan considers the recent Court of Appeal case of Hojgaard v E.ON and the challenges it presents for those drafting and negotiating construction contracts.

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Beware specified perils

Jenny Barnett of Pinsent Masons examines risk allocation through the insurance provisions of a JCT Design & Build contract. Specified perils can justify a contractor being granted an extension or a claim even where damage results from his own negligence, she finds.

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Minimising the risk of disputes arising

In the first of a three part series that aims to provide a toolbox on how to avoid, or how to manage, disputes, James Pickavance and Kathryn Coyne of Eversheds focus on minimising the risks of disputes arising in the first place.

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Revised Regulations will repay study

Our contracts monitor Michael Phipps, Principal of Thurston Consultants, examines the revised Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015. Some requirements of the revised Regulations might come as a surprise, yet could easily pass unnoticed, he warns.

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Reports from the courts: August 2015

Our regular round up of court cases of most interest to construction comes from Simmi Sivapalan and Andrew Croft of Beale & Company, including a ruling involving a FIDIC contract; and another involving a consideration of an NEC3 contract.

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