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OFT fines 103 construction companies record £129.5 million for bid-rigging

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 22 2009

On 22 September 2009, the Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") issued a decision finding that 103 construction firms had infringed competition law by engaging in bid-rigging in England in the period from 2000 to 2006

Non disclosure of resignation of consultant's key personnel from a project can amount to misrepresentation or fraud

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 24 2009

The decision in Fitzroy Robinson Limited v Mentmore Towers Limited and Others, decided in July 2009 by Mr Justice Coulson in the English Technology and Construction Court, highlights the importance of architects and other parties to construction contracts informing their employers when named key personnel or "key men" cease to be involved in a particular project where, for example, a key man resigns

Adjudication awards setting off and staying

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 11 2010

A contractor obtained an adjudication award in its favour for £300,000 payable by the employer but the employer obtained a separate adjudication decision that it was entitled to £180,000 liquidated damages which, it claimed, it could set off against the £300,000 (plus interest

The Donaghy report and directors’ duties

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 11 2010

Following the Donaghy inquiry into construction deaths, it has been reported that the HSE Board will decide in the spring of 2010 whether to recommend to ministers the introduction of statutory health and safety duties for directors

Enabling works does the Housing Grants Act apply?

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 11 2010

The Housing Grants Act does not apply to certain specified activities, for instance, “assembly, installation or demolition of plant or machinery... on a site where the primary activity is... nuclear processing, power generation or water or effluent treatment”

Updating your contracts - dull but vital

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 11 2010

Updating construction contracts is unexciting

Sister act? Changes to the Construction Act become law but when?

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 11 2010

The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill finally completed its journey through Parliament and became an Act in November

Wrongful suspension and failure to spot defects

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 11 2010

An appeal against an arbitrator’s decision included these key questions

OFT fines 103 construction companies record £129.5 million for bid-rigging - and 25 companies then appeal the level of their fines to the CAT

Mayer Brown LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 11 2010

In September 2009, the Office of Fair Trading issued a decision finding that 103 construction firms had infringed competition law by engaging in bid-rigging in England in the period from 2000 to 2006