July 2013
Dispute in business is inevitable, and the construction industry is no different. Disputes arise within this sector for all sorts of reasons, with several possible ways by which to resolve them. However, although often resolvable, disputes inevitably bring many challenges and legal issues to take into consideration. In this Q&A, Simon Tolson talks to ‘Lawyer Monthly’ about his view on these issues.
June 2013
Technology has already transformed the way lawyers deal with information in court – and soon those famously heavy briefcases could be a thing of the past, according to Simon Tolson. Having gone paperless for one of his cases in the TCC, Simon is convinced that it is not only better value, but also reduces time and uncertainty. Read his article ‘The Paperless Trial’, which recently appeared in Building magazine.
May 2013
At the end of 2011, after extensive public consultation, the European Commission published its proposals for simplifying and modernising the public procurement regime. It is not expected that the proposals will become law in the UK before June or July 2014. However, the Commission is now in the process of making the final revisions to the relevant Directives. In this article Julie Teal discusses the changes and whether they are good news.
April 2013
With the reforms to the way costs in civil litigation are managed having been introduced on 1 April 2013, everyone is looking for pointers as to how the courts will interpret the new rules. In this article, published in The Commercial Litigation Journal, Jeremy Glover uses the Henry v Mirror Group Newspapers case to look for hints as to how the courts may approach the new costs regime.
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