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This informal but practical sub-contractor update will focus on when applications have to be paid and avoiding nasty clauses in sub-contracts. The event will conclude with a Q & A - an opportunity for you to quiz our experts and partake in lively discussion - and will be followed by refreshments. Please click here for more details [1] and to register your place at the event.

Claire King features in the issue 2 of the Institute of Civil Engineers Construction Law Quarterly publication (Management, Procurement and Law). The article examines the various, and ever more inventive, arguments that parties have sought to raise in an attempt to recover their adjudication costs in recent years.

We have launched a new blog, a regular series of short updates on topical legal or other issues which can be found on our website.

Fenwick Elliott will be represented at MIPIM 2017 by David Bebb and Jatinder Garcha, partner, who look forward to meeting clients and contacts on the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry stand in the London Pavilion.

Nicholas Gould has contributed a chapter on “Dispute resolution” for the publication Outer Space Law: Legal Policy and Practice. The book is available for pre-order and is to be released in May this year.

Simon Tolson and Claire King (with Anneliese Day QC of Fountain Court and Hugh Saunders of 4 New Square acting as Counsel), have won their Court of Appeal case against Santander in respect of on-demand performance securities.

Fenwick Elliott is pleased to announce that we have promoted James Mullen and Robbie McCrea from Associates to Senior Associates. James’ and Robbie’s new roles took effect from 20 January 2017. These new additions bring the number of Senior Associates in the firm to 10.

The King's College London & International Bar Association Executive LLM is an advanced Master of Laws course. We are delighted that Nicholas Gould, Partner has been asked to be one of the lecturers on this elite programme, which is the first of its kind in the world.

At Fenwick Elliott we understand that evolution is good for business. With our recent move to our new office on the 4th floor of Aldwych House and our recognition as Tier 1 law firm for construction by the latest edition of The Legal 500 UK, we felt the time was right to refresh our brand.

Heba Osman explains how termination can be a difficult and costly process, and that sometimes its best to follow the Arab saying of “think about the exit before you enter” prior to inking a contract. To read the article by Heba, please click here [11]