Contracting for Brexit

By Rupert Choat2019-06-20T05:00:00

Rupert Choat examines the legal position regarding unexpected circumstances arising from Brexit

Richard Steer described recently in Building how “Brexit is hitting construction hard”. He says that “the current vagaries of supplier costs, linked to fluctuations in sterling related to the state of talks with the EU, are impossible to predict. It is a considerable challenge for the whole supply chain to be able to offer cost estimates for the next quarter”. Such circumstances raise many questions, including, for those already in – or currently entering into – construction contracts: what is the legal position?

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