Simon Tolson, in a paper given to the IBC Construction Law Summer School which takes place in Cambridge every September, discusses design responsibility under the JCT 05, JCT Major Projects Form and ECC contracts. The aim of the paper is to address design risk responsibility in construction contracts, redress for defective works and the damages seesaw predicated upon the approach of the Courts to the assessment of damages.
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.