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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

Alan Sugar, a flock of sheep, an iron paddle-wheel steamship and performance bonds

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 3 2013

What do Alan Sugar, a flock of sheep and a paddle-wheel steamship have in common? Answer: the recent Court of Appeal case between Aviva and Hackney

Pricing in target cost contracts

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 28 2013

The Technology and Construction Court has recently commented on the costs the Employer is required to pay under a target cost contract. The Employer

Liquidated damages - be careful how you draft them

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 30 2012

Over the last few years, the courts have shown themselves to be increasingly unwilling to interfere in the level of liquidated damages set in building contracts

Adjudication enforcement - no breach of natural justice

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 26 2012

A claim of breach of natural justice failed recently as a contractor sought to avoid enforcement of an adjudicator's decision in favour of its piling sub-contractor

Why wouldn't a sub-contractor have to progress works regularly and diligently?

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 24 2012

The courts recently held that there was no implied term in a contractor's contract with its sub-contractor that the sub-contractor had to progress the works regularly and diligently

Razing the roof

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 27 2011

Broster raises the bar for claims in tort based on the complex structure theory

Concurrent delay where are we now?

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 7 2011

When works run late the employer and contractor need to know who is responsible and whether the contractor is entitled to an extension of time or whether the employer can claim liquidated damages

The duties of the quantity surveyor

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 16 2011

The Dhamijas appointed the contractor, Sunningdale Joineries, under a JCT IFC 98 form of contract

Beware claims for interest and adjudication they don’t necessarily go together!

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 7 2010

The courts (and arbitrators) have the power to decide whether a party is entitled to interest on its claim