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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published a letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Matthew...
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has published a Court Forms Destination Table setting out changes to Chancery Division forms to support the...
This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes: a Technology and Construction Court (TCC) decision in Persimmon v AMEC on the...
The Law Commission has launched a consultation proposing reforms to the product liability regime under Part 1 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 in...
What are preliminaries in a construction contract?What are prelims?‘Preliminaries’ in a construction contract, or ‘prelims’, is typically taken to...
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...
Time of the essence—construction contractsWhat does time of the essence mean?Where time is 'of the essence' it means that the stated time for...
Product liability insurance for the construction industryThis Practice Note looks at product liability insurance from the perspective of those engaged...
What is Facilities Management Contracting?This Practice Note looks at facilities management (FM) contracting, including what it is and its advantages and disadvantages.A strategic approach to service provisionFM contracting is essentially a commercial services contract arrangement, whether that be
Priority between loss reliefs in loss making companiesWhy does it matter?A company that is a member of a group and has incurred any of the types of losses available for surrender by way of group relief may, without any further rules, have more than one way in which to use the loss. There are a
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
If a beneficiary signs a deed of disclaimer of their share of an estate and the estate pays their legal fees, will that count as a PET against their estate?A disclaimer is the refusal of a gift prior to acceptance. The refusal of the gift must take place before the beneficiary accepts any benefit
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