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 a letter of intent?Letters of intent are used in construction and engineering projects to allow the employer to mobilise a contractor before...
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...
The JCT Pre-Construction Services Agreement was launched in 2008. A revised edition was published in 2011 to incorporate the amendments to the Housing...
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 considers the status of the programme in a construction contract, what difference it makes if the programme is a contract document...
This Practice Note considers whether a receiver may carry out building works and in particular whether the receiver may complete a development which...
A company voluntary arrangement (CVA) is a binding contractual agreement between a company and its creditors. A CVA proposal must involve one or both...
The appointment of a receiver is a remedy for creditors and certain third parties to protect their interest in assets of a company. The creditor will...
This Practice Note is intended to provide advice to employers on how to spot problems with insolvent contractors and how the employer can take steps...
This Practice Note considers the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (TP(RAI)A 2010) and the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act...
This Practice Note is intended to provide advice to sub-contractors on how to spot problems with insolvent contractors and how the sub-contractor can...
Background to the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA 2020)Spurred on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and a desire to mitigate...
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