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To certify or not to certify? It's a big question

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 17 2013

Hunt & Others v Optima (Cambridge) Ltd & Others is an interesting and complex decision from the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) involving the

Got a construction or engineering case? Get in the right court!

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 16 2013

Many construction and engineering disputes in the courts, especially those relating to smaller or less sophisticated projects, are issued outside of

Disclosure of accident reports - Lam Chan Hung v Hang Yue Engineering Ltd HCPI 121 2011 (March 2013)

  • Kennedys
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

In this case, the Court reiterated that accident reports are always discoverable if their primary or dominant purpose is to report on the

Net contribution clauses

  • Fenwick Elliott Solicitors
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

In a claim where the main contractor had become insolvent, one question that arose for HHJ Edwards-Stuart QC was whether the architect would be liable

“Reasonable endeavours” and “suspension of services”

  • Fenwick Elliott Solicitors
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 14 2013

This was an application for leave to appeal against an arbitration award in relation to a dispute arising out of Morris’ decision to suspend

The snowball continues to roll down the hill

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 13 2013

The cry of 'more than one dispute!' is often heard in adjudications. It's a saber rattler. A 'mettle' detector. An attempt to derail the process. Two

Developers - keep building but don't run out of money!

  • Wragge & Co LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 10 2013

In Morris Homes (West Midlands) Ltd v Keay & Another, the Technology and Construction Court (TCC) considered a developer's obligations in an

Judge puts precedence clause in its place!

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 9 2013

Parties often include a precedence clause in contracts to make sure that, in the case of discrepancies between the various documents which comprise

Net contribution clause fails to protect architect

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 29 2013

West and another v Ian Finlay & Associates (A Firm) (2013 EWHC 868 (TCC)) addressed the meaning of a net contribution clause in a contract between

Can adjudicators bind each other?

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • April 29 2013

Sometimes we have cases where an adjudicator is appointed to make a decision on a matter of principle only, with no requirement to make a financial