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Naming the wrong builder puts paid to insurance cover

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2013

A housing association contracted with a builder who was to provide some affordable housing. The association also took out decennial insurance which

Adjudicator: there’s no getting paid for an award that doesn’t work

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2013

An adjudicator wrongly fails to deal with a main contractor's defence, without hearing what the parties had to say on the point. The award was

Project managers who failed to put building contract in place hit by damages

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2013

A contract for school accommodation was not executed until long after delayed completion. During the works, while contract negotiations continued

Contract machinery - is it broken or just being difficult?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2013

In the changed world of construction contracts, pay when certified clauses are a rarer breed. But, where they survive, what if the certifying

No-dispute false start sees adjudication claim eliminated

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2013

A party to a Housing Grants Act construction contract can refer a dispute to adjudication "at any time", but before starting an adjudication it is

Court sets out claim blame game rules

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2013

In a 138 page judgment, in a case with combined legal costs approaching £10 million, Mr Justice Akenhead set out the rules on some key issues in time

RIBA books new appointments

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2013

Following an extensive industry-wide review led by the RIBA, 2012 revisions of the 2010 RIBA Agreements are now available and supersede the 2010

When silence may not be golden

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2013

Written contracts should usually set out what each party has promised to do for the other but there may, of course, also be unwritten, implied, terms

Bond survives Court of Appeal attack

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2013

Bonds need to be ready for any call. But what if the employer and contractor have agreed some new deal on time and money, in the hope it will improve

New year launch for revamped Considerate Constructors Scheme

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 26 2013

The Considerate Constructors Scheme has changed. From 1 January 2013, all registered sites and companies are being assessed on the new five-point