Jeremy Glover summarises the government’s proposed changes to the Housing Grants Construction & Regeneration Act as outlined in the draft Construction Contracts Bill. The proposals include extending section 107 so that the adjudication legislation applies to oral and partly oral contracts and not just contracts evidenced in writing, and the introduction of greater clarity and transparency into the statutory payment framework. The government also intends to improve the statutory right to suspend performance by allowing the suspended party to claim the costs and delay which result from any valid suspension.
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.