March’s issue of Insight looks at the application of the new CDM Regulations and the transitional arrangements that will be in place from Easter Monday, 2015.
Insight
Insight is our newsletter which provides practical information on topical issues affecting the building, engineering and energy sectors.
February 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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Click to download PDFFebruary 2015
In February's issue of Insight we consider the rationale behind the Insurance Act, summarise its key points, review the provisions of the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 (“the Third Parties Act”) and indentify the practice points that arise from both Acts.
January 2015
January's issue of Insight looks at an emerging new approach for issuing notices under construction contracts.
December 2014
December's issue of Insight focuses on an important subject that has been out of the limelight for some time, but which has come back into focus in time for the Christmas break: the payment regime under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (“LDEDCA”).
November 2014
November's issue of Insight examines what force majeure is, considers the approach of the domestic standard forms to situations such as the Ebola pandemic and the ISIS threat, and provides practical tips for those who might be affected by force majeure on how to mitigate the risks that might arise.
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