February's issue of Insight provides an update on recent developments of the law relating to bonds, and practical tips on how to negotiate bonds and guarantees in light of those developments.
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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Previous issues
Click to download PDFJanuary 2013
January's issue of Insight reviews the dos and don’ts of terminating construction contracts. Lisa Kingston gives advice on how to terminate, tactical considerations and practical tips, with a view to ensuring that any termination is well thought out, and ultimately successful.
December 2012
December's issue of Insight reviews the two most anticipated pieces of legislation to affect the construction industry over the past 18 months: the Bribery Act 2011 and Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development Act 2009, and asks where are we now and what might the future hold?
November 2012
November's issue of Insight discusses liability caps in light of the decision in The Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey Trust v Turner & Townsend Project Management Limited and provides practical tips on how to ensure a liability cap is effective.
October 2012
October's issue of Insight provides practical advice on writing side letters in such a way that makes them either binding, non-binding or partly binding. Lisa Kingston considers the Court of Appeal’s decision in Barbudev v Eurocom Cable Management Bulgaria EOOD & Ors where the side letter was under scrutiny.
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