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 held that liabilities arising from breaches of obligations under a pre-construction...
Real Estate:UK (RE:UK) has published its response to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)'s consultation on...
Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW) has published guidance listing the consultees it will notify at the commencement of a Significant...
This week’s edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a report by the Building Control Independent Panel (BCIP) recommending major reforms to...
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 the Joint Fire Code referred to in JCT contracts and when does it apply?The publication known as the ‘Joint Fire Code’ provides guidance on fire prevention on construction sites. It applies to all parties involved in the supply chain, including those responsible for construction on site, as
What is a section 104 agreement?A section 104 agreement usually refers to an agreement made pursuant to section 104 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (WAI 1991, s104). Under a section 104 agreement, a landowner and water company/sewerage undertaker agree that after completion of construction of 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
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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