"Late payment of commercial debts legislation"

Updated in January 2007

This briefing note (originally prepared for clients by Simon Tolson and up-dated by Theresa Mohammed) sets out the key features of the late payments legislation which provides a remedy for companies faced by non-payment of their invoices.

"Railway law for engineers"

5 November 2003

Jon Miller, in a talk given to the Institution of Electrical Engineers, provides an introduction to the general principles of English law under which the UK rail network operates. He sets out how these general principles apply specifically to the railways and, against that background, explains what can happen when something goes wrong.

"The Little Ceausescu"

Simon Tolson comments on Planning Policy in regard to listed and historical buildings.

"Sustainable provisions in construction contracts"

30 September 2008

"Question time"

October 2006

Victoria Russell and David Bebb in a question time session with clients deal with a number of issues ranging from explaining what is meant by economic duress or an act of prevention to explaining what grounds are available to terminate a consultant's appointment without being countersued. If you are interested in arranging a similar session, please do not hesitate to contact them.

"Gagged development = stunted growth = stagnation"

November 2009

Simon Tolson, in an article prepared for the ICES Journal looks at the planning, conservation approval and listed building consent processes.