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Our collective thoughts

Posted March 24, 2022 | Published in Contracts & documentation

With the battleground set for disputes over inflated prices and delays, Lucinda Robinson considers what parties can do to defend their positions under existing contracts and how to arm themselves for future conflict in contracts being negotiated now.

Posted February 28, 2022 | Published in Dispute resolution

Roma Patel considers proposed changes and the latest developments in the Building Safety Bill which affect developers who work in the residential development sector.

Posted February 11, 2022 | Published in Dispute resolution

Sana Mahmud discusses the proposed, upcoming changes to the ICSID rules. 

Posted January 26, 2022 | Published in Dispute resolution

George Boddy looks at the case of John Doyle v Erith in more detail, briefly recaps some of the earlier instalments of adjudication versus insolvency, and considers to what extent insolvent companies are allowed to play the “game” of adjudication.

Posted December 22, 2021 | Published in Dispute resolution

Matt Simson looks at the question of when can the paying party commence a “true value” adjudication in circumstances where it has failed to issue the required payment and/or pay less notices.

Posted December 15, 2021 | Published in Dispute resolution

Claire King looks at the Law Commission’s announcement to review the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”), a review which comes some 25 years after the legislation first came into force.

Posted December 2, 2021 | Published in General

Catherine Simpson looks at the challenge the construction industry needs to tackle in terms of concrete and cement in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to NetZero by 2050.