"Insurance"

January 2012

Nicholas Gould’s seminar note serves as an introduction to insurance and focuses on those issues raised by construction insurance, which may be considered under three main parts. First, the fundamental principles of insurance and the general classes of construction insurance. Second, the types of insurance available in the construction industry and some specific aspects arising from construction insurance. Finally, insurance under the standard forms.

"Time, delay and liquidated damages"

September 2011

"Identifying and managing your legal expectations to avoid pitfalls in an increasingly demanding project role"

July 2011

In this paper, Nicholas Gould reviews professional liability with a particular emphasis on modern project management practice. In reality, this means a traditional form of forward thinking construction professionals (quantity surveyors, now commercial cost managers, or some other derivation, building surveyors, architects, engineers) that have expanded into the area of project management and those acting as employer’s agents (there are of course those who have qualified as project managers (PM) or taken a masters degrees in the subject).

"Project security & guarantees"

May 2011

"Corporate Manslaughter"

7 November 2006

Jon Miller, in a paper given at the third Fenwick Elliott seminar entitled “Capital Projects in the Education Sector”, sets out the status of the proposed Government reforms outlined in the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill and discusses how these new reforms might effect you. 

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Construction: Insurance issues
February 2003