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Duties of professionals to arrange signing of contract documents

MacRoberts LLP
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United Kingdom
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May 2 2012

The duty of a professional person appointed, amongst other things, to "prepare contract documentation and arrange for such documents to be executed by the parties" was considered by the English courts in Sweett (UK) Limited v Michael Wight Homes Limited in February 2012

Forum shopping & bias in adjudication

MacRoberts LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 17 2012

The English Court of Appeal recently issued a decision on forum shopping in Adjudication, and allegations of Adjudicator bias and whether these should prevent enforcement of an Adjudicator's decision

The ambitious undertaking of implying terms

MacRoberts LLP
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United Kingdom
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January 11 2012

The TCC in England recently considered whether a term requiring a subcontractor to proceed regularly and diligently with their contract works could be implied into a construction contract (Leander Construction Ltd v Mulalley & Company Ltd, December 2011

Lessons to be learnt from across the pond: first BIM dispute in the US

MacRoberts LLP
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United Kingdom, USA
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December 21 2011

Given that the UK Government has announced that all their projects must use 3D collaborative BIM (BIM level 2) by 2016, now is the time to be looking at how others are using BIM, and what lessons can be gained from their experience

Design liability & apportionment

MacRoberts LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 1 2011

The recent case of Carillion JM Limited v Phi Group Limited & Robert West Consulting Limited (June, 2011) considers the issue of apportionment of design liability, where more than one party had contractual responsibility for design

Without prejudice documents in adjudication

MacRoberts LLP
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United Kingdom
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December 1 2011

Ellis Building Contractors v Goldstein was an action for enforcement of an Adjudicator's award in which issues arose about without prejudice documents being submitted to the Adjudicator