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On 16 July 2026, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published a consultation entitled ‘Time-limited relief from the Community...
Planning analysis: The government has published a consultation seeking views on whether recent procedural reforms applying to judicial review...
Construction analysis: Mr Justice Constable enforced an adjudicator’s award arising from a hospital construction dispute in which the parties advanced...
The Master of the Rolls and the Minister of State have approved the 196th Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules. The update...
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...
Concession contracts—materials and resourcesA concession is a form of public private partnership (PPP). It is a long term contractual arrangement between a government (or other public sector body) and a private sector operator who has been awarded the concession. See Practice Note: Forms of Public
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
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
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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