JCT DB 2011: loss and expense
United Kingdom - September 7 2011 No doubt you have spotted that the title for this series of articles has changed
JCT Design and Build Contract 2011: payment
United Kingdom - March 21 2012 In this article we explore the basic payment regime under the JCT DB 2011, and highlight the key changes from the JCT Design and Build Contract 2005
Trust expenses: capital or income?
United Kingdom - January 5 2012 In these straitened economic times, many trustees are worried about preserving their trust funds, and are concerned to reduce their liabilities
Directors competing in breach of fiduciary duty
United Kingdom - April 30 2008 In the absence of express clauses in a contract of employment or service agreement, it can be very difficult to prevent an employee from leaving and competing with their former employer
Email acceptance of offer
United Kingdom - March 26 2010 There is no authority to say whether an email acceptance is effective when it arrives or at the time when the offeror could reasonably have been expected to read it
New construction Regulations in force from 6 April
United Kingdom - March 24 2015 On 6 April 2015, the new CDM Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations") will come into force. The Regulations set out the legal duties for the safe
A bind need not binding when bound (by agreement)
United Kingdom - March 24 2015 Although a couple of months old, the case of Leslie v Farrar Construction Limited 2015 EWHC 58 (TCC) is of note as a stark example of how an
RPA abandons online-only BPS claims system for 2015
United Kingdom - March 24 2015 The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) announced last week that they are going to re-launch the process for farmers to claim EU subsidy payments, reverting
Aspen Insurance UK Limited v Adana Construction Limited
United Kingdom - March 23 2015 Contractors' combined liability insurance policies typically provide both public liability and product liability cover. In Aspen v Adana (2015), the
Do we really have to? Afraid so!
United Kingdom - March 23 2015 Recently we have had several queries from clients and users of our procurement portal around the requirement at regulation 112 to publish contract
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