Navigate the intricate regulatory landscape of the construction industry with expert insight and practical advice. This topic provides comprehensive guidance on compliance, from local building codes to complex environmental standards, ensuring your projects adhere to all necessary legal requirements. You will find essential tools and strategies for managing risk, mitigating legal exposure, and maintaining operational efficiency within the stringent regulatory framework.
Construction analysis: The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) held that a contractor’s application for payment was not a valid default payment...
The Scottish Government has launched a Stage 2 consultation on proposals to deliver a Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard through Scottish...
This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a case in which the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) considered applications to...
The Welsh Government has published circular WGC 007/2026 to introduce the Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026, which came into...
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...
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
Can shares in a limited company that have not been paid-up at all be cancelled?A limited company having a share capital may not alter that share capital, except in the ways listed in section 617 of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006). Shares in a company cannot simply be cancelled without following an
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