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Buddle Findlay | New Zealand | 17 May 2022
No waiver and no oral modification clauses - are they worth the paper they're written on?
In March we ran a webinar on ICT project failures. During the webinar we noted how, in almost every ICT project dispute we see, one of the issues in…
Fenwick Elliott Solicitors | United Kingdom | 16 May 2022
Bexheat v ESG: a paying party’s immediate payment obligation trumps its entitlement to commence or rely upon a “true value” adjudication
Regular readers may recall my blog, “‘Smash and grab’” adjudications: when can the paying party commence a ‘true value’ adjudication?”, published in…
Greenberg Traurig LLP | USA | 16 May 2022
Construction Company Settles False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Small Business Subcontracting for $2.8 Million
On May 12, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a $2,804,110 settlement with Hensel Phelps Construction Company to resolve allegations that it…
Osborne Clarke | United Kingdom | 16 May 2022
The Building Safety Act 2022: what building owners and developers need to know
The fiercely debated Building Safety Bill has become law but in a form quite different to the version introduced to Parliament in July 2021. Although…
Gadens | Australia | 13 May 2022
A storm in a contract
Weather patterns in 2021 and 2022 have been - at best - challenging for construction, and this has put many projects under pressure. Extensions of…
RPC | United Kingdom | 13 May 2022
The Week That Was - 13 May 2022
Welcome to The Week That Was, a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days…
Clayton Utz | Australia | 12 May 2022
Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix 98: NSW Research & Development Roadmap, supply chains, implied licences for home building plans
The NSW Government has released its 20-year Research & Development (R&D) Roadmap, laying out the State’s long-term strategy to leverage science and…
Clyde & Co LLP | United Kingdom | 12 May 2022
Legal update for energy lawyers - May 2022 - UK adjudication decision vitiated by a breach of the principles of natural justice
In Van Oord UK Ltd v Dragados UK Ltd, the Outer House Court of Session (Scotland) held that an adjudicator's decision to award prolongation costs…
Lane Neave | New Zealand | 12 May 2022
Payment Claims and Payment Schedules under the Construction Contracts Act
To facilitate regular and timely payments between the parties to a construction contract, the Construction Contracts Act 2002 provides a payment claim…
Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 12 May 2022
Pay Less Notices: an agenda for zero
As the party issuing the Pay Less Notice (the payer) it can be tempting simply to state "zero" or "nil", particularly if time is short. However, the…
