This Practice Note considers termination by the Contractor under the FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Books 1999, the Gold Book 2008 and the Pink Book 2010. It does not...
This Practice Note looks at the Employer’s rights to terminate under the FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Books 1999, the Gold Book 2008 and the Pink Book 2010. In relation...
This Practice Note considers termination by the Contractor under the FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Books 2017. It does not address the right to terminate at law. Further,...
This Practice Note considers termination by the Employer under the FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Books 2017. It does not address the right to terminate at law. Further,...
What is force majeure? Force majeure is used to describe an event that occurs which is beyond the control of the parties, and which prevents them from fulfilling their...
The JCT contracts contain detailed provisions for termination, setting out the grounds on which the parties may terminate and the consequences thereof. Under the JCT...
This Practice Note considers the relevance of material breach in the context of construction projects, looks at contractual definitions of material breach and identifies...
The NEC contracts contain detailed provisions for termination, setting out the grounds on which the parties may terminate and the consequences thereof (although they are...
This Practice Note concerns repudiation and sets out what a repudiatory breach of contract means. It explains how a repudiatory breach goes to the core of the contract...
This Practice Note examines statutory and contractual rights to suspend performance of obligations under a construction contract, which principally arise in the event of...
A construction contract may be discharged, terminated or determined in a number ways. These principally include: • by performance • by agreement/release • as a result of...
This Practice Note looks at how consultant’s appointments might be terminated, explores the approach taken in standard forms and provides example termination clauses. It...
Where a party to a construction contract becomes insolvent, the consequences of this insolvency are set out in the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986). However, the contract...