It is common in construction projects for defects to manifest or appear in the works. Most construction contracts require the contractor to return to...
This Practice Note looks at Employer’s Requirements (also referred to as ERs) within a building contract. It explains what Employer’s Requirements are...
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...
If a party is said to have ‘design liability’, it means that it bears legal responsibility for all or part of the design of a construction/engineering...
This Practice Note identifies the key parties involved in most construction projects (including the employer, the contractor, the professional team of...
On every construction project which requires external funding, the lender will appoint its own team of lawyers to draft and/or negotiate the various...
Many of the usual conditions precedent (CPs) for a typical syndicated loan facility will also be applicable to a real estate finance transaction. For...
Choosing a structureUnless promoted by a single entity (whether or not with mortgage funding) many developments take place through collaboration. This...
What is the Code?The Consumer Code for Homebuilders (the Code) came into effect in April 2010. It is an industry-led code of conduct for home builders...
This Practice Note:•discusses the development of the large scale private rented sector (PRS)•considers the Government’s incentive package for Build to...
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date [date]Parties1[name of the Company] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number [number] whose registered office is...
The standard forms of warranty'>collateral warranty that parties involved in a construction project are most likely to suggest are published by:•JCT...