This Practice Note examines agreements entered into under sections 38 and 278 of the Highways Act 1980, considering the obligations they impose and,...
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...
While tort claims are not as common in construction projects as breach of contract claims, they do still arise and it is not uncommon for a claimant...
What is sectional completion?Where the construction contract splits the works into sections or parts, usually to be started at different times, there...
Produced in association with 4 Pump CourtPrinciples of natural justiceIf an adjudicator breaches the rules of natural justice during the adjudication...
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...
A contractor may be entitled to an extension of time due to coronavirus where, for example:•labour supply is affected•material supplies are delayed by...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note covers the situation where the UK and the EU do not reach an agreement for the enforcement of judgments following the UK...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. The UK and EU’s specific proposals for transitional arrangements on applicable...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note covers the situation where the UK and the EU do not reach an...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. The UK and EU’s specific proposals for dealing with the enforcement of judgments...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note covers the situation at the end of the implementation period...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note covers the situation where the UK and the EU do not reach an...
The structure of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR) is that there is deemed service on the second business day after the completion of the relevant...
In English law, the expression ‘force majeure’ does not refer to a legal doctrine. Instead, the expression ‘force majeure clause’ is used to describe...
There is no judicially accepted definition of the term ‘force majeure’, so what the parties mean by it must be expressly set out in the contract (ie...
Traders seeking to rely on force majeure provisions in their contracts with consumers for delays in performance caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19),...
What is the doctrine of frustration?If the contract does not include a force majeure clause or it does but the applicable force majeure event is not...
The UK government published the Construction Playbook (the ‘Playbook’) in December 2020 as had been promised in the National Infrastructure Strategy...
This Practice Note explains the implications of IP completion day in relation to contract breach and remedies. The implementation period put in place...
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