Construction Week – How Force Majeure can qualify as a legal defence against COVID-19

Fenwick Elliott Partner Ben Smith was joined by Mathias Cheung of Atkin Chambers for a practical case law update which examined what recent decisions mean for parties drafting and administering construction contracts.

To mark 30 years since the Housing Grants Act introduced adjudication, we reflected on the evolution of adjudication over the past three decades and examined the key developments from 2025.

We continue to see a high demand for data centres. Far from being ‘big sheds with lots of M&E’, they are technically complex, challenging projects which can give rise to all manner of legal issues and disputes. In this webinar,…