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Insight is our newsletter which provides practical information on topical issues affecting the building, engineering and energy sectors.

Insight newsletterFebruary 2026

February’s Insight provides a comprehensive guide to “smash and grab” adjudications (or “Payment Notice Dispute” adjudications). In this issue, Claire King and Laura Bowler outline the basics that give rise to the right to require payment of the notified sum, consider recent case law from the courts, and provide practical tips to help employers and contractors avoid being on the receiving end of a smash and grab adjudication.

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Previous issues

August 2015

August 2015’s issue of Insight looks at one of the most contentious areas of the NEC3 form: compensation events.

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July 2015

July’s issue of Insight examines three important TCC decisions relating to the approach to payment and adjudication.

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June 2015

June’s issue of Insight examines the Supreme Court’s decision, and considers for the first time the effect on adjudication practice for winning and losing parties to adjudication under the Scheme going forward.

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May 2015

May’s issue of Insight examines the more important case law decisions regarding NEC3 and considers the court’s evolving approach to the NEC3 form.

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April 2015

April’s issue of Insight examines some interesting adjudication decisions over the past eight months.

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[1] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/research-insight/newsletters/insight/101 [2] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/sites/default/files/insight_issue-101_2026.pdf [3] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/research-insight/newsletters/insight/50 [4] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/sites/default/files/insight_issue_50.pdf [5] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/research-insight/newsletters/insight/49 [6] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/sites/default/files/insight_issue_49.pdf [7] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/research-insight/newsletters/insight/48 [8] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/sites/default/files/insight_issue_48.pdf [9] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/research-insight/newsletters/insight/47 [10] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/sites/default/files/insight_issue_47.pdf [11] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/research-insight/newsletters/insight/46 [12] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/sites/default/files/insight_issue_46.pdf [13] https://www.fenwickelliott.com/print/research-insight/newsletters/insight?page=11