Construction Risks By Mark Roach Welcome to the Construction Risks collection. This space is used to report upon issues of interest to those who seek to allocate, manage and reduce construction risks on behalf of contractors, as well as insurers of construction risks.
Construction Risk September 2017 A reminder to employers of the importance of carrying out a proper assessment of sums due Leslie v Farrar Construction Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1041 The court has provide employers with a reminder of the importance of carrying out a proper assessment…
Construction Update September 2017 By Mark Roach Adjudication Adviser "Smash and grab": In ICI v Merit - provides some notable commentary on these types of adjudications, where one party fails to issue a payment notice Winding up petitions: In Breyer - the Court confirmed that winding up…
Adjudication Adviser September 2017 By Mark Roach Welcome to the further edition of DAC Beachcroft's Adjudication Adviser TThis edition reviews a number of new Adjudication cases. In particular it is interesting to see the judicial commentary on "smash and grab" adjudications. Unless the Civil…
Construction Update June 2017 By Mark Roach Adjudication Adviser Multiple Contracts: In RCS v Conway – deals with oral contracts and the difficulties with implementing the amendments to the Construction Act. Scope of Notice of Adjudication: In Aecom v Staptina - the Court looked at…
Adjudication Adviser June 2017 By Mark Roach Welcome to the further edition of DAC Beachcroft's Adjudication Adviser This edition of the Adjudication Adviser looks at the recent cases on enforcement of adjudication decisions. These latest set of cases show how parties are seeking to resist…
Construction Risk June 2017 Rectification of Contracts Modern construction contracts are complex and frequently comprise large number of different documents. The decision in Milton Keynes BC v Viridor (Community Recycling MK) Limited [2017] EWHC 239 (TCC) serves to remind…
Construction Adjudication Adviser February 2017 By Mark Roach Welcome to the further edition of DAC Beachcroft's Adjudication Adviser This edition of the Adjudication Adviser focuses on what the Court will review on enforcement. In particular with regard to oral contracts, which by way of the amendments to…
Construction Update February 2017 By Mark Roach Adjudication Adviser This edition of the Adjudication Adviser focuses on what the Court will review on enforcement. In particular with regard to oral contracts, which by way of the amendments to the Construction Act, can now be adjudicated.…
Construction Risks Newsletter February 2017 By Mark Roach In this edition we consider a number of decisions in which the liability for defective products was considered by the court. We also report upon two cases in which the court was asked to consider the effect of limitation of liability provisions, one…