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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 PDFJune 2018
June Insight: Know your position: An overview of the role of the certifier
April 2018
April Insight: The Bribery Act 2010: A Refresher.
February 2018
February Insight: Who owns those goods? Unpicking the mess in a construction context.
January 2018
January’s Insight considers the current government consultations on the Housing Grants Act and Retention.
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