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Lexis®PSL Construction weekly highlights—9 February 2017

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Published on: 09 February 2017

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Welcome to the highlights from the Lexis®PSL Construction team for the week ending 9 February 2017. Top stories this week: (1) The Scottish court considered the requirement for intention when sending a default payment notice (Trilogy v Windsor); (2) The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) held that an employer had been entitled to commence an adjudication where the benefit of the contract had only been assigned back to it in equity (Mailbox v Galliford Try); and (3) A report by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) forecast growth in the industry over the next five years.

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