Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Should Written Contracts be Eliminated for Small Dollar Transactions? With David Hoffman, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
In this Insight, Shy Jackson and Rebecca Maxwell consider what we can learn from the case of Workman Properties Ltd v Adi Building & Refurbishment Ltd [2024] EWHC 2627 (TCC) which provides a salient reminder of the importance...more
In this Insight, first published in PLC, Shy Jackson considers the Court of Appeal's decision in Providence Building Services Ltd v Hexagon Housing Association Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 962 that a contractor was entitled to...more
The Court of Appeal has reversed the High Court’s decision that a modified standard form sub-participation agreement was a hybrid arrangement rather than a conventional sub-participation. The judgment is a useful illustration...more
An article, first published in PLC which analyses the key changes introduced by the JCT in its Design and Build Contract, 2024 Edition, the first of the JCT's 2024 contract families to be published. Standard forms tend to...more
In this Insight, first published in PLC, Jennifer Badham discusses various attempts to address late payments and long payment terms that are a common problem in construction industry supply chains, including two recent...more
While main contract suites offer standard dispute resolution clauses, these are often amended in practice. A recent case gives a warning of what happens when such bespoke provisions are not clear. Originally published by...more
An article on NEC's practice note explaining how the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract can be adapted for use as an engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract. NEC has recently published a practice...more
There has been growing demand in the industry for standard form contract publishers to address the climate impact of construction projects and so today marks the launch of the hotly anticipated NEC secondary option clause X29...more
The September 2020 decision by the Scottish Court of Session in Van Oord UK v. Dragados UK [2020] CSOH 87, which has now been appealed. The dispute centred on the ability of Aberdeen Harbour expansion main contractor Dragados...more
Amending standard forms of construction and engineering contracts to change the risk level between the parties is a perennial issue. This, however, can lead to disputes due to amendments not clearly reflecting the intention...more
Risk in construction contracts - 'Risk', in a project delivery context, can be defined as 'an uncertain event or set of circumstances that, should it occur, will have an effect on the achievement of one or more of the...more