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Construction weekly highlights—9 July 2020

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Published on: 09 July 2020

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Table of contents

Disputes
Adjudication—coronavirus
Contract law
Good faith and PFI contracts
Good faith and coronavirus
Projects
Infrastructure
Public procurement
Outsourcing Playbook
Brexit

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Article summary

This week's edition of Construction weekly highlights includes the publication of a judgment in which the court refused to injunct adjudication proceedings following the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (Millchris Developments v Waters), a case in which the court considered implied terms as to good faith in the context of a PFI contract (Essex County Council v UBB Waste) and an analysis exploring the impact of coronavirus on the concept of good faith.

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