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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a consultation on proposals to require Local Planning Authorities in...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published responses to the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation on...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has published its response to the consultation on tackling poor payment practices, confirming that it...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a consultation seeking views on proposals to merge the Construction Industry Training Board...
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
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
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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