Amber Construction Services Ltd v Ilyrian Construction Ltd
How will the Insolvency Courts approach an application to restrain the advertisement of a winding-up petition?
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Avanton Capital CC Ltd v LUC Construction Ltd
Was LUC entitled to a stay of an adjudicator’s decision on the grounds of Avanton’s financial position and/or, rather more unusually, its own?
Issue 316
October’s Dispatch reviews an attempt to stay enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision and the risks of using winding-up petitions to compel payment.
Svella Connect Limited v Virgin Media Limited
Ted Lowery considers a judgment which confirmed that necessity is the mother of implication.
Is re-litigating a DPA claim an abuse of process?
In Taylor Wimpey UK Limited v (1) Taylor Woodrow Construction and (2) Vinci Construction Holding Limited, the TCC has confirmed that a single defect can give rise to multiple independent claims under the Defective Premises Act 1972, highlighting the continued impact of the Building Safety Act 2022.
Choosing your Arbitration Rules: Things to think about
In this webinar, Partner Claire King and Senior Associate Layla Blair compare the ICC, LCIA and SIAC Arbitration Rules and discuss key features of each which you may want to consider when deciding which rules to choose in your contract.
E & T L Jones (Civils) Ltd v Vale of Glamorgan Council
Ted Lowery considers a case in which delays in setting up a project bank account left a subcontractor exposed.
Coventry & Warwickshire Development Partnership LLP v Avison Young (UK) Ltd
How will the court decide whether or not an adjudicator’s reasons are sufficient?
Entexol Ltd v Sked Construction Ltd
Had the adjudicator gone off on a frolic of their own in deciding that time was at large?
3173 Bidco Ltd & Anor v Roberts & Anor
Could one party claim the costs of an unsuccessful Early Neutral Evaluation?
Issue 315
September’s Dispatch looks at Early Neutral Evaluation and two enforcement cases where the approach of the adjudicator was challenged.
“PAS the time” by reading the updated PAS 9980 guidance on how to conduct Fire Risk Appraisals of External Walls
Huw Wilkins and Jonathan Clarke provide an overview of PAS 9980:2026, the updated code of practice for fire risk appraisals of external walls. They consider the principal changes to the framework and how the revised guidance seeks to support more proportionate, consistent and evidence-based remediation decisions.