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Our collective thoughts

Posted December 22, 2021 | Published in Dispute resolution

Matt Simson looks at the question of when can the paying party commence a “true value” adjudication in circumstances where it has failed to issue the required payment and/or pay less notices.

Posted December 15, 2021 | Published in Dispute resolution

Claire King looks at the Law Commission’s announcement to review the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”), a review which comes some 25 years after the legislation first came into force.

Posted December 2, 2021 | Published in General

Catherine Simpson looks at the challenge the construction industry needs to tackle in terms of concrete and cement in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to NetZero by 2050. 

Posted November 2, 2021 | Published in General

Decarbonisation and environmental sustainability are now key targets in the construction industry.  Aurelia Russo highlights some of the new environmental initiatives in the design and construction of UK football stadiums.

Posted October 19, 2021 | Published in Dispute resolution

Ruth Leake looks at the recent case of Downs Road Development v Laxmanbhai Construction, a rare example of the TCC not enforcing an adjudicator’s decision.

Posted September 27, 2021 | Published in Dispute resolution

Grace Lee-Tuck looks at the abolishment of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre and the transfer of its cases to the restructured and reformed DIAC.

Posted June 8, 2021 | Published in Contracts & documentation

Mark Pantry takes a look at JCT Insurance Option C and how insurance arrangements for works to and within existing structures are sometimes more complicated that first expected.