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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...
Escrow accounts and escrow agreementsThis Practice Note examines why parties involved in a construction project may enter into an escrow agreement (or...
Defects liability period and rectification of defectsIt is common in construction projects for defects to manifest or appear in the works. Most...
Lender protection on construction projects—introductory guideWhen providing finance for any development or construction project, the lender (or funder) and its advisers will use various methods to protect the lender’s position. The aim of these protections is to ensure, at the very least, that the
Agreements for lease for construction lawyers—collateral warranties and third party rightsIn an agreement for lease which provides for construction works to be carried out, an obligation for the landlord to procure collateral warranties (or third party rights) in favour of the tenant is common
If planning permission imposes restrictions on a licensed premises opening hours, once operational can the personal licence holder apply for a Temporary Events Notice (TEN) to open for longer hours than those permitted in the planning permission?To use any property for a licensable activity both
Micklefield clausesWhat is a Micklefield clause?It is common for employee share plans to provide that, on termination of employment (or when an employee is given or receives notice of termination of employment), subsisting share awards will be forfeited and subsisting share options will lapse.It is
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