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This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a case in which the Outer House of the Court of Session considered whether an...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published Circular 03/2026, announcing a replacement direction issued by the...
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (DBIST) has announced measures to protect consumers from rogue builders and strengthen the...
Construction analysis: The Outer House of the Court of Session enforced an adjudicator’s award of £113,767 in favour of the pursuer, Entexol. Lord...
What are preliminaries in a construction contract?What are prelims?‘Preliminaries’ in a construction contract, or ‘prelims’, is typically taken to...
What is a variation on a construction project?A variation (sometimes referred to as a change) is an alteration to the scope of work originally...
Time of the essence—construction contractsWhat does time of the essence mean?Where time is 'of the essence' it means that the stated time for...
Product liability insurance for the construction industryThis Practice Note looks at product liability insurance from the perspective of those engaged...
The Notice of AdjudicationA Notice of Adjudication is the first step in commencing an adjudication. This Practice Note sets out what to consider before serving the Notice of Adjudication, why it must be given and what it should contain. It also provides guidance on the timing of the Notice, how it
Differences between adjudication and other forms of dispute resolutionThis Practice Note identifies some of the key differences between adjudication and litigation, arbitration, mediation and expert determination.LitigationAdjudication is a quick method of settling disputes on a provisional interim
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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