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Posted March 25, 2019 | Published in Dispute resolution

Bresco v Lonsdale – Court of Appeal [1]

Andrew Weston reviews the Court of Appeal judgement in the conjoined appeals of Bresco v Lonsdale and Cannon Corporate Limited v Primus Build Limited.

Trojan horse a “non-runner”: the TCC confirms an Employer must pay amount awarded in “Smash and Grab” Adjudication before it commences “True Value” Adjudication [3]

In our latest blog, George Boddy reviews M Davenport v Greer, one of the first reported TCC cases to consider the Court of Appeal judgement in S&T v Grove Developments.

S&T (UK) Limited v Grove Developments Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2448 [5]

In the first in a series of blogs relating to the Court of Appeal’s judgment in S&T v Grove Developments, Andrew Weston focuses on the “true value” adjudication issue, an issue of significant importance to the construction industry.

Adjudication v the Insolvency Rules - the indisputable winner is… [6]

Andrew Weston discusses the recent judgment in Lonsdale v Bresco regarding adjudication proceedings commenced on behalf of a claimant in liquidation.

Freedom '18 [7]

Andrew Davies revisits the subject of freedom of contract.

Payment of costs on account – the 90% “rule” [9]

In a follow up to a previous blog, Andrew Weston reviews the issues that arose in Cleveland Bridge UK Limited v Sarens (UK) Limited, providing further useful clarification on the impact of cost budgets.

Sheriff clears up shoot-out between two adjudications [10]

Jonathan More reviews a recent Scottish case involving two separate adjudications, started simultaneously, against different parties relating to the same project.