Construction weekly highlights—10 June 2021

Published on: 10 June 2021

Published by: LexisPSL

Construction weekly highlights—10 June 2021
In this issue:
Disputes
Litigation—guarantees, indemnities, set-off and variation
Litigation—forum non conveniens
Litigation—adjudicator’s fees
Litigation—indemnity costs
Sustainability
Procurement Policy Note on carbon reduction plans
Additional Construction news this week

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FIDIC—Chinese language contracts
Government response to consultation on changes to Architects Act 1997
UK/EU divergence—have your say
Daily and weekly news alerts
New and updated content
New Q&As
New module—Lexis®PSL EU Law

Article summary

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes a Commercial Court case clarifying the distinction between guarantees and indemnities and examining the effect of a claim of equitable set-off (Brown-Forman Beverages Europe v Bacardi UK), a Commercial Court case related to forum non conveniens in relation to contribution proceedings (Samsung Electronics v LG Display Co Ltd), a new procurement policy note on the government’s carbon reduction plans, the publication of five main FIDIC contracts in the Chinese language and a response from the government on changes to the Architects Act 1997. Sign in or take a trial to read the full analysis.