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March 2022

D&O and FI Newsletter  - Spring 2022

D&O and FI Newsletter - Spring 2022

  DAC Beachcroft's D&O and FI newsletter features topical issues for our global clients and contacts Informed Insurance delivers fresh thi ...

Third Party Rights as Construction Security

Third Party Rights as Construction Security

  The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 allows persons that are not party to a contract to enforce contractual terms in specified circumsta ...

Construction Risks Newsletter | March 2022

Construction Risks Newsletter | March 2022

Welcome to the March 2022 issue of the DAC Beachcroft Construction Risks Newsletter. Our quarterly newsletter continues to illustrate how busy the ...

Bravejoin Company Ltd v Prosperity Moseley Street Ltd [2021] EWHC 3598 (TCC) (13 Dec 2021)

Bravejoin Company Ltd v Prosperity Moseley Street Ltd [2021] EWHC 3598 (TCC) (13 Dec 2021)

This case is a helpful reminder to employers and sub-contractors as to the crystallisation of disputes. It also serves as cautionary tale to employers ...

Court of Appeal guidance regarding “pure omissions” claims for professional negligence

Court of Appeal guidance regarding “pure omissions” claims for professional negligence

The Court of Appeal has recently handed down the decision in Rushbond plc v The JS Design Partnership LLP [2021] EWCA Civ 1889, which provides useful ...

Application to enforce an adjudicator’s decision failed

Application to enforce an adjudicator’s decision failed

The recent decision in Cubex (UK) Limited v Balfour Beatty Group Limited [2021] EWHC 3445 (TCC) is an example of when the Court will refuse to enforce ...

When is there a subcontract?

When is there a subcontract?

In the recent decision in Changing Climates Limited v Warmaway Limited [2021] EWHC 3117 (TCC) the Court found that a construction contract existed bet ...

John Graham v Technicas Reunidas UK Ltd - Importance of earlier adjudicators’ decisions / arbitrators’ awards?

John Graham v Technicas Reunidas UK Ltd - Importance of earlier adjudicators’ decisions / arbitrators’ awards?

This case involved an application by John Graham Construction Limited (“John Graham”) for summary judgment to enforce an Adjudicator’s decision dated ...

Smart legal contracts – are they for the construction industry?

Smart legal contracts – are they for the construction industry?

What are smart legal contracts? Smart legal contracts are a subset of smart contracts. A smart contract is a computer program (i.e. a set of instructi ...

NHS Resolution publishes 3 reports following thematic review of claims relating to care provided in Emergency Departments in England

NHS Resolution publishes 3 reports following thematic review of claims relating to care provided in Emergency Departments in England

NHS Resolution has published three important reports on claims arising out of care provided in Emergency Departments in England, with the aim of preve ...