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March 2016

Constructors' Update - First Edition

Constructors' Update - First Edition

The market is posing new challenges for the construction industry with both main contractors and employers trying to meet the challenge of ever increa ...

Accountancy Newsletter March 2016

Accountancy Newsletter March 2016

FRC set to gain new powers in June The accountancy regulator, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), will gain new powers in June 2016 as it w ...

Accountancy Newsletter July 2016

Accountancy Newsletter July 2016

DAC Beachcroft's Accountancy newsletter features topical news and insights for our clients and contacts.

Does suspicion of fraud excuse delay?

Does suspicion of fraud excuse delay?

The Jackson reforms and ensuing judgments including Mitchell v News Group Newspapers Limited and Denton v T H White have increased the risks litigants ...

The Bribery Act 2010 Extra-Jurisdictional Reach and Risk Assessment

The Bribery Act 2010 Extra-Jurisdictional Reach and Risk Assessment

In a series of three articles, international law firm DAC Beachcroft LLP and leading global public strategy firm Mercury LLC highlight some of the key ...

The Insurance Act 2015: What does it mean for contractors?

The Insurance Act 2015: What does it mean for contractors?

The Insurance Act 2015 comes into force in August this year. With it come the most significant statutory changes to insurance for over 100 years. Key ...

Effects of ENSO in Colombia

Effects of ENSO in Colombia

The 2015 El Niño Southern Oscillation or ENSO, a global weather phenomenon triggered by unusually warm ocean surface temperatures in the Pacific, is r ...

Part 36 and fixed costs outside the Portal

Part 36 and fixed costs outside the Portal

The apparent inconsistency between the provisions governing fixed costs for personal injury claims which fall out of the Low Value Protocols and the c ...

FRC set to gain new powers in June

FRC set to gain new powers in June

The accountancy regulator, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), will gain new powers in June 2016 as it works alongside the FCA, the PRA and profess ...

Continuing duty to correct mistakes

Continuing duty to correct mistakes

To get around limitation problems, claimants may argue that a professional was under a continuing duty to correct an error until the point of rectific ...