This Practice Note examines agreements entered into under sections 38 and 278 of the Highways Act 1980, considering the obligations they impose and,...
It is common in construction projects for defects to manifest or appear in the works. Most construction contracts require the contractor to return to...
This Practice Note looks at Employer’s Requirements (also referred to as ERs) within a building contract. It explains what Employer’s Requirements are...
What is sectional completion?Where the construction contract splits the works into sections or parts, usually to be started at different times, there...
This Practice Note provides an overview of what interim payments are, how the right to be paid (usually by monthly or stage/milestone payments) arises...
This Practice Note examines the extent to which contractors, sub-contractors and consultants have a duty to warn their employer of inadequacies that...
Scott Schedules are often very useful in construction disputes. They help to identify the key issues between the parties, and to set out for the judge...
If a party is said to have ‘design liability’, it means that it bears legal responsibility for all or part of the design of a construction/engineering...
This Practice Note looks at the Scheme for Construction Contracts, as contained in:•the schedule to the Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and...
Produced in association with 4 Pump CourtARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note covers a requirement...
Produced in association with 4 Pump CourtARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note provides background...
To ascertain whether the HGCRA 1996 applies to a surveyor's appointment, it must be determined whether the surveying work the surveyor is engaged to...
For the purpose of this Q&A we have assumed that:•the contract is a ‘construction contract’ for the purposes of the Housing Grants, Construction and...
If a contract is a 'construction contract' under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (HGCRA 1996), the parties to that contract...