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Privy Council rules on serious irregularity challenges (RAV Bahamas v Therapy Inc)

Privy Council rules on serious irregularity challenges (RAV Bahamas v Therapy Inc)

The following Arbitration news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Privy Council rules on serious irregularity challenges (RAV Bahamas v Therapy Inc)

Limitation—claimant’s administration relevant to the application of ‘reasonable diligence’ test (OT Computers Ltd (in liquidation) v Infineon Technologies AG and Micron Europe Ltd)

Limitation—claimant’s administration relevant to the application of ‘reasonable diligence’ test (OT Computers Ltd (in liquidation) v Infineon Technologies AG and Micron Europe Ltd)

Limitation—claimant’s administration relevant to the application of ‘reasonable diligence’ test (OT Computers Ltd (in liquidation) v Infineon Technologies AG and Micron Europe Ltd)

Notice of dissatisfaction with adjudicator’s decision met requirements of NEC contract (Transport for Greater Manchester v Kier Construction)

Notice of dissatisfaction with adjudicator’s decision met requirements of NEC contract (Transport for Greater Manchester v Kier Construction)

The following Construction news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Notice of dissatisfaction with adjudicator’s decision met requirements of NEC contract (Transport for Greater Manchester v Kier Construction)

Construction weekly highlights—15 April 2021

Construction weekly highlights—15 April 2021

The following Construction news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Construction weekly highlights—15 April 2021

Featured Construction content

Build Operate Transfer (BOT) contracts

Build Operate Transfer (BOT) contracts

The Public Private Partnership (PPP) models are a popular way for governments to involve private investment, expertise and risk in procuring...

What is practical completion?

What is practical completion?

Practical completion marks the end of the construction period of a project, when the works are 'finished' and the employer can occupy and/or use them....

FIDIC contracts—introduction to the Silver Book 2017

FIDIC contracts—introduction to the Silver Book 2017

In December 2017, FIDIC launched the second editions of the Red, Yellow and Silver Book. This Practice Note is an introduction to the FIDIC Silver...

Differences between adjudication and other forms of dispute resolution

Differences between adjudication and other forms of dispute resolution

This Practice Note identifies some of the key differences between adjudication and litigation, arbitration, mediation and expert...

Practice notes

Section 38 and section 278 Highways Act agreements—contractor’s perspective

This Practice Note examines agreements entered into under sections 38 and 278 of the Highways Act 1980, considering the obligations they impose and,...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Target cost contracts on construction projects

What is a target cost contract?A target cost contract is a type of cost reimbursable contract under which the contractor is paid the ‘actual cost’...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Responsibility for Employer's Requirements

This Practice Note looks at Employer’s Requirements (also referred to as ERs) within a building contract. It explains what Employer’s Requirements are...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Letters of intent—construction

What is a letter of intent?Letters of intent are used in construction and engineering projects to allow the employer to mobilise a contractor before...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Negligence in construction

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...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

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 specified in the contract, whether by way of an...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

NEC and JCT contracts compared

This Practice Note examines some of the key areas where the NEC3 and NEC4 standard form construction contracts take a different approach to the JCT...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

JCT collateral warranties

A collateral warranty is a contract which is collateral to, or sits alongside, the underlying or primary contract (ie the construction contract or...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Sectional completion

What is sectional completion?Where the construction contract splits the works into sections or parts, usually to be started at different times, there...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Liquidated damages in construction contracts

This Practice Note explains what liquidated and ascertained damages (LADs/LDs) are and their purpose in a building contract. It considers the...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

SBCC (Scottish Building Contract Committee) standard forms of contract

This Practice Note looks at the SBCC (Scottish Building Contract Committee) standard forms of contract and the key differences between them and the...
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Produced in partnership with MacRoberts LLP 12th Jan
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Practice notes

'Pay when paid' and 'paid when certified' clauses

This Practice Note considers ‘pay when paid’ clauses and ‘pay when certified’ clauses in construction contracts, and the relevant provisions of the...
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Produced in partnership with Womble Bond Dickinson 12th Jan
Practice notes

Interim payments in construction contracts

This Practice Note provides an overview of what interim payments are, how the right to be paid (usually by monthly or stage/milestone payments) arises...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Breach of natural justice in adjudication

Produced in association with 4 Pump CourtPrinciples of natural justiceIf an adjudicator breaches the rules of natural justice during the adjudication...
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9th Nov
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Practice notes

JCT Pre-Construction Services Agreement

The JCT Pre-Construction Services Agreement was launched in 2008. A revised edition was published in 2011 to incorporate the amendments to the Housing...
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9th Nov
Practice notes

Design liability in construction contracts

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...
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9th Nov

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Practice notes

IR35—off-payroll workers—practical considerations for the end client

The off-payroll IR35 regime broadly applies where:•from 6 April 2017, a public authority, and•from 6 April 2021, a private sector entity (other than...
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16th Apr
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IR35—off-payroll workers—practical considerations for the fee-payer

The off-payroll IR35 regime broadly applies where:•from 6 April 2017, a public authority, and•from 6 April 2021, a private sector entity (other than...
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15th Apr
Practice notes

Construction industry scheme—sub-contractors' obligations

This Practice Note sets out the obligations imposed by the construction industry scheme (CIS) rules on sub-contractors, including:•registration•the...
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12th Apr
Practice notes

The construction industry scheme—when does it apply?

The construction industry scheme (CIS) was devised to limit the amount of tax lost as a result of sub-contractors in the construction industry...
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12th Apr
Practice notes

VAT—the reverse charge for building work

This Practice Note is about the VAT reverse charge for building and construction work, which has applied since 1 March 2021.The charge was originally...
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Produced in partnership with Martin Scammell 12th Apr
Practice notes

The construction industry scheme in practice

In practice, a tax lawyer is likely to come across the construction industry scheme (CIS) rules when representing:•a party to:◦a construction...
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12th Apr
Practice notes

Construction industry scheme—contract payments

The construction industry scheme (CIS) was devised to limit the amount of tax lost as a result of sub-contractors in the construction industry...
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12th Apr
Practice notes

Construction industry scheme—contractors' obligations

This Practice Note details the obligations imposed by the construction industry scheme (CIS) rules on contractors, covering the requirement...
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12th Apr
Practice notes

Construction industry scheme penalties

This Practice Note explains that penalties may be payable for:•failing to:◦submit construction industry scheme (CIS) returns on time, or◦pay the tax...
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12th Apr
Practice notes

Loss of CIS gross payment status—practical considerations for sub-contractors

One of the most common reasons for sub-contractors losing their gross payment status is failure to satisfy their tax compliance obligations, such as...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Late payment penalties—PAYE, NICs and construction industry scheme

This Practice Note is about the penalty regime in the Finance Act 2009 (FA 2009) for the late payment of:•income tax and Class 1 NICs via pay as you...
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Produced in partnership with Philip Rutherford 8th Apr
Practice notes

Structures and buildings allowances

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The government intends to legislate to amend the requirements for SBA allowance statements, to include the date qualifying...
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Produced in partnership with Martin Wilson 25th Mar
Practice notes

VAT treatment of building work

This Practice Note is about the VAT treatment of building work. Specifically, it looks at the types of building work that will qualify for VAT relief,...
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Produced in partnership with Martin Scammell 22nd Mar
Q&As

A landowner is selling self-build serviced plots on a multi-unit site. The landowner will not be responsible for construction of the units. The construction will be undertaken by a third party building contractor under a separate agreement from the plot sale agreement. The buyer of each plot will be required under the plot sale agreement to enter into a building contract on or before completion of the plot sale to ensure consistency of development across the site. Will SDLT be due on the payments under the building contract as well as under the plot sale agreement?

Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) is generally calculated by reference to the chargeable consideration given for the subject matter of a chargeable...
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15th Feb
Q&As

What is the relevance of the Base Date in the JCT Design and Build Contract?

The Base Date is relevant in respect of a number of clauses in the JCT Design and Build Contract 2016:•Fourth Recital—The parties state the Employer’s...
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6th Dec
Q&As

How does the Construction Industry Scheme apply to contract administration, and what duties are owed by the contract administrator to the employer in respect of the scheme under JCT?

We have assumed in this Q&A that the employer under the JCT Standard Building Contract 2011 and 2016 (SBC) is a ‘contractor’ for the purposes of the...
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6th Dec

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Intercreditor agreement—key provisions

This Practice Note provides an introduction to intercreditor agreements and their key provisions. This Practice Note:•explains the purpose of having an intercreditor agreement and when an intercreditor agreement would be used instead of a deed of priority or subordination deed•provides links to

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Conditions precedent in commercial contracts

This Practice Note considers the meaning and use of conditions precedent in commercial arrangements. It also considers typical conditions precedent and drafting issues.What are conditions precedent?A condition precedent in a commercial contract details an event which must take place before:•a

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What is a third party debt order (TPDO)?

What is a third party debt order (TPDO)?Third party debt orders were previously known as 'garnishee' orders and operated under the regime provided for in CCR Ord 30 and RSC Ord 49 (now revoked). Although the rules in CPR 72 are new, many of the principles with which they are concerned are well

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Codicils

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