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Implied fitness for purpose - clear as mud

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 1 2012

The case of Trebor Bassett Holdings Ltd and the Cadbury UK Partnership vs ADT Fire and Security plc (2012) EWCA Civ 1158 has raised the thorny question of implied fitness for purpose obligations in construction contracts and to be honest, rather than clarifying matters, the decision has further clouded the waters

Project managers beware - Part 2. Limitation of liability clauses

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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October 1 2012

In Caroline Foster's blog on the case of the Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey Trust v Turner & Townsend Project Management Limited, Caroline touched upon the project manager's limitation of liability clause being held to contravene section 3 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977

To proceed regularly and diligently or not to, that is the question

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 19 2012

Mulalley engaged Leander Construction as a sub-contractor

Consultant insolvency: be alert

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 17 2012

For those institutions carrying out building projects at the moment the recent news that the holding company of Currie & Brown was in administration at the time of its acquisition by Middle East-based consultant Dar Group raised fresh concerns that there may be more victims of this period of economic instability

Building blocks

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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July 11 2012

This edition of Building Blocks focuses on the issue of asbestos and its relationship with the construction industry

Consultant insolvency - be alert

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 15 2012

The recent news that the holding company of Currie & Brown was in administration at the time of its acquisition by Middle East-based consultant Dar Group raises fresh concerns that there may be more victims of this period of economic instability

First JCT 2011 update published

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 12 2012

After just four months, the JCT has introduced its first update to the 2011 form of building contract

And we're off! The first update to the JCT 2011

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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March 8 2012

Just as the dust settles on the hiatus caused by the introduction of the 2011 form of JCT building contracts, the first update has already been released

On a serious note.....

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 1 2011

What was seen as one of the most radical, but actually most welcome, changes to the Construction Act was the amendment to the requirement that construction contracts have to be in writing in order to refer a dispute to adjudication

PAS91 to save construction industry up to £250 million per year?

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 26 2010

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has launched the Publically Available Specification (PAS) 91 which is a new construction related procurement pre-qualification questionnaire

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