Dr Julian Critchlow in a talk given at the White Paper Conference Company seminar entitled ” Making partnering work in social housing projects” explores how partnering can be tied up with a workable contract. In doing so, he discusses the merits of relying solely on the traditional forms of contract, the key features of the partnering contracts (NEC Option X12 and PPC 2000) together with other issues including risk management, the transfer of financial liabilities and potential areas of exposure.
Victoria Russell provided a case law update paper and talk to the members of the South East branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators discussing the most recent decisions relating to adjudication enforcement and arbitration.