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Admissibility of expert evidence in procurement challenges ( R (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Minister for the Cabinet Office)

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The limits of disclosure under the pilot—what you won’t get even if you ask (Curtiss v Zurich Insurance plc)

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Construction weekly highlights—29 July 2021

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Amendments when limitation is an issue—the court’s approach (D R Jones Yeovil Ltd v Drayton Beaumont Services Ltd)

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Scott Schedules in construction disputes

Scott Schedules in construction disputesScott Schedules are often very useful in construction disputes. They help to identify the key issues between...

Concession contracts—materials and resources

Concession contracts—materials and resourcesA concession is a form of public private partnership (PPP). It is a long term contractual arrangement...

JCT collateral warranties

JCT collateral warrantiesA warranty'>collateral warranty is a contract which is collateral to, or sits alongside, the underlying or primary contract...

Quantum in construction claims

Quantum in construction claimsThis Practice Note looks at some of the key considerations that may need to be taken into account when a party to a...

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Schedules of services

Schedules of servicesThis Practice Note examines the purpose and content of the schedule of services that will usually be appended to a consultant’s...

19th May

Practice notes

Prohibited or deleterious materials

Prohibited or deleterious materialsWhat are prohibited or deleterious materials?Most building contracts, sub-contracts, consultants’ appointments and...

19th May

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JCT Pre-Construction Services Agreement

JCT Pre-Construction Services AgreementThe JCT Pre-Construction Services Agreement was launched in 2008. A revised edition was published in 2011 to...

19th May

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Step-in rights in a collateral warranty

Step-in rights in a warranty'>collateral warrantyIt is standard practice in construction projects for the contractor, key sub-contractors and...

19th May

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What is a design responsibility matrix?

What is a design responsibility matrix?A design responsibility matrix is a tool used in construction projects to allocate responsibility for the...

19th May

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JCT contracts 2016—reference copies

JCT contracts 2016—reference copiesThis document contains quick links to searchable PDF copies of the JCT 2016 standard form contracts. For our full...

19th May

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Loss and expense

Loss and expenseClaims by contractors for loss and expense arising from a disturbance to progress of the works are one of the most debated and...

19th May

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Net contribution clauses in construction contracts

Net contribution clauses in construction contractsThis Practice Note examines net contribution clauses (sometimes known as proportional or...

19th May

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FIDIC contracts—introduction to the Red Book 2017

FIDIC contracts—introduction to the Red Book 2017In December 2017, FIDIC launched the second editions of the Red, Yellow and Silver Book. This...

Produced in partnership with Victoria Tyson of Corbett & Co 19th May

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What is the relevance of the Base Date in the JCT Design and Build Contract?

What is the relevance of the Base Date in the JCT Design and Build Contract?The Base Date is relevant in respect of a number of clauses in the JCT...

19th May

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Sectional completion

Sectional completionWhat is sectional completion?Where the construction contract splits the works into sections or parts, usually to be started at...

19th May

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Extensions of time under construction contracts

Extensions of time under construction contractsThis Practice Note examines the circumstances in which a construction contract might entitle a...

19th May

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The Notice of Adjudication

The Notice of AdjudicationProduced in association with 4 Pump CourtA Notice of Adjudication is the first step in commencing an adjudication. This...

19th May

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MF/2 Rev 2 (1999)

MF/2 Rev 2 (1999)'MF/2' is one of the suite of Model Forms published on behalf of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the...

19th May

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The contractor's programme

The contractor's programmeThis Practice Note considers the status of the programme in a construction contract, what difference it makes if the...

19th May

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JCT contracts 2011—reference copies

JCT contracts 2011—reference copiesThis document contains quick links to searchable PDF copies of the JCT 2011 standard form contracts. For our full...

19th May

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What are preliminaries in a construction contract?

What are preliminaries in a construction contract?What are prelims?‘Preliminaries’ in a construction contract, or ‘prelims’, is typically taken to...

31st Jul

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In a construction contract, can the rates in the Bill of Quantities be varied by the Quantity Surveyor?

In a construction contract, can the rates in the Bill of Quantities be varied by the Quantity Surveyor?The purpose and status of the Bill of...

31st Jul

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Under clause 5.6.1 of the JCT Standard Building Contract, if the varied work is of similar character to that included in the Contract Documents, but there is a significant change in the quantity of work, can the Employer rely on the ‘fair allowance’ to reduce the rate payable in respect of the varied works?

Under clause 5.6.1 of the JCT Standard Building Contract, if the varied work is of similar character to that included in the Contract Documents, but...

31st Jul

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If works are omitted from a contract and given to a different contractor, what is the effect on the original contractor's collateral warranty and is a new warranty required from the second contractor?

If works are omitted from a contract and given to a different contractor, what is the effect on the original contractor's warranty'>collateral...

31st Jul

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Can an employer omit work from the building contract in order to give it to another contractor?

Can an employer omit work from the building contract in order to give it to another contractor?Omissions are a category of variation. Although most...

31st Jul

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NEC contracts—variations

NEC contracts—variationsThis Practice Note looks at how variations are dealt with under the NEC Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC). For a...

30th Jul

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JCT contracts—variations

JCT contracts—variationsThis Practice Note looks at how variations are dealt with under the main forms of JCT contract. For a wider discussion on...

30th Jul

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Common claims under construction contracts

Common claims under construction contracts The nature of construction projects, the contracts agreed and the law surrounding them, means that claims...

30th Jul

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What is a variation on a construction project?

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...

30th Jul

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Valuing variations in construction contracts

Valuing variations in construction contractsThis Practice Note deals with the procedure for assessing and valuing variations once it has been...

30th Jul

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FIDIC contracts (pre-2017 editions)—variations

FIDIC contracts (pre-2017 editions)—variationsThis Practice Note examines variations under the 1999 editions of the Red, Yellow and Silver Books, the...

Produced in partnership with Mayer Brown 30th Jul

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Provisional sums

Provisional sumsWhat are provisional sums?There is no precise standard definition of provisional sum but it is generally understood to refer to an...

30th Jul

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Quantum meruit in construction

Quantum meruit in constructionThis Practice Note looks at what quantum meruit is, the most common situations where a quantum meruit claim may arise in...

30th Jul

Practice notes

FIDIC contracts 2017—variations

FIDIC contracts 2017—variationsIntroductionThis Practice Note looks at Variations under the FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Books published in 2017 (the...

30th Jul

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Variation instructions on a construction project

Variation instructions on a construction projectA variation (also known as a change) under a construction contract involves an instruction for an...

30th Jul

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Amendments when limitation is an issue—the court’s approach (D R Jones Yeovil Ltd v Drayton Beaumont Services Ltd)

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