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Construction weekly highlights—24 May 2018

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Published on: 24 May 2018
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Table of contents

  • Payment
  • Winding-up
  • Contract law
  • Oral variations
  • Disputes
  • Limitation
  • GDPR
  • Projects
  • Energy
  • Additional Construction updates this week

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Construction highlights includes a case in which the court struck out a winding-up petition due to the existence of a cross-claim based on the true value of the works (Re A Company (No 008654 of 2017)) and we take a more detailed look at the recent Supreme Court ruling concerning no oral modification/variation clauses (Rock Advertising v MWB).

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