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Omitting works under NEC – Van Oord UK Limited v Dragados UK Limited

In this article, I have set out a “users guide” to the first instance and court of appeal decisions in the Van Oord UK Ltd v Dragados UK Ltd saga.  In short, these decisions of the Scottish courts touch on the following...

Hot off the press – Adjudicator’s decision enforced in Ireland

On 26 January 2021, a judgement was handed down in the Irish High Court to enforce an Adjudicator’s decision made pursuant to the Construction Contracts Act 2013 (“the Act”).

Coronavirus: Court refuses to stop an Adjudication

The Technology and Construction Court has just handed down its first decision in relation to coronavirus and construction adjudication – so naturally time for an opportunistic article.

Coronavirus: Dealing with it under JCT

Coronavirus: Dealing with it under JCT

Following on from an earlier article I published on dealing with Coronavirus under NEC, this is a companion article on dealing with it under JCT. You should note from the outset that the JCT and NEC approaches are very different. So, if you have some...

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Coronavirus: Dealing with it under NEC

Coronavirus: Dealing with it under NEC

It now looks likely that the UK construction industry will be adversely affected by the outbreak of coronavirus / COVID 19. It is therefore important for parties to NEC contracts to be aware of how the contract deals with this event. This article sets out, in a...

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New Amendments to NEC4 Contracts

New Amendments to NEC4 Contracts

NEC has just published a series of amendments to its NEC4 suite of contracts. The detailed amendments made to each contract can be download in full via the link below[1]. Don’t panic. Most of the changes seem to be typo corrections and terminology tweaks –...

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