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The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on proposed regulations under the Building Safety (Wales) Act 2026 concerning determinations of the...
This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a revised British Standards Institution (BSI) code of practice on fire risk appraisals...
The Welsh Government has announced a Wales interim measures alarm grant to support leaseholders facing the cost of alarm systems required for...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its response to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s (DESNZ) consultation on...
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...
Product liability insurance for the construction industryThis Practice Note looks at product liability insurance from the perspective of those engaged in the construction industry. Product liability insurance is applicable to other industries, but those are outside of the scope of this Practice Note
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
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
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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