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Homes England has published updated versions of the Grant Funding Agreement, Deed of Trust and Duty of Care Agreement used in the Cladding Safety...
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has updated its Building Safety Act information centre to announce that it will hold the RICS...
The Department for Transport (DfT) and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have announced a £165 million growth and...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a consultation seeking feedback on proposals to enhance proportionality...
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...
Administration of construction contractsIntroductionThis Practice Note sets out how contracts are typically administered on construction projects. It focuses on what the contract administrator does and the differences in how contracts are administered depending on the procurement route followed and
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some
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
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