Legal views – Page 29
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CommentDrones: hovering anxiously
The first in a series on new technology addresses the legal issues of drone use in construction
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CommentLegal blog: Traps for the unwary
The latest revision of the New Engineering Contract, NEC4, could cause a few headaches for the employer’s project manager
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CommentThe Great Escape? A fresh look at exclusion clauses
The Court of Appeal’s recent decision which concerned an exclusion clause intended to limit liability for claims could have a serious effect on the interpretation of such clauses in negotiated agreements
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CommentLegal blog: Missing the point
The proposed new sanctions framework for approved inspectors fails two key requirements of fairness and proportionality, by treating large and small AIs the same
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CommentThe end of the affair?
Robert Akenhead returns with a column highlighting a recent inventive use of debt recovery legislation to recoup the costs of an adjudication
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CommentNew technology, old problems
The first judicial consideration of BIM asks whether an interim application for an injunction restoring client access to the project BIM should be granted
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CommentProcuring our safety
Procurement issues lie at the root of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, argues our legal columnist: it’s dangerous for architects and engineers to cede control of how their specification is implemented
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CommentBuilding halls of London
Competition from build to rent and other land uses, as well as planning policy, are factors making purpose-built student accommodation hard to build in London. So how do you make it affordable too?
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CommentIn for the long haul?
A recent judgment raises questions over whether the courts should approach long-term contracts differently to shorter-term ones, insofar as termination provisions are concerned
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CommentFit for purpose
The MT Højgaard case in the Supreme Court illustrates how lawyers, adjudicators, arbitrators and judges are now likely to mediate competing contract terms
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CommentBig trouble in Liverpool Chinatown
Problems between stakeholders on a £200m regeneration project are likely to have reputational, financial and legal consequences for those involved
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CommentCyber security: BIM
The first of a new series of columns on cyber security looks at the data risk issues around building information modelling. Taylor Wessing’s cyber security team explain
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CommentTime to call time
A claimant tried to revive a dispute dating back to 1992 by alleging a fraud. But the court said it would not sit back and referee whatever games he wanted to play
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CommentContracts: Getting the foundations right
A fitness for purpose obligation has been ratified by the highest court in the land – that has got people talking
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CommentCase in focus: Relief from sanctions
Should a claimant be entitled to default judgment on a claim that was dependent upon the outcome of separate proceedings?
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CommentSupply chain: Facing the abyss
Carillion’s profit warning illustrates the precarious existence of big UK contractors. So, what protection is in place for the supply chain, should one of them fall? Nowhere near enough, it seems
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CommentAdjudication: New thoughts on smash and grab
A TCC decision last month has questioned whether existing case-law on ‘smash and grab’ adjudications should be reconsidered in light of Court of Appeal decisions
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CommentWritten contracts: Pen and paper at the ready
Avoid the argy-bargy and uncertainty of an oral contract and get the thing down in writing
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CommentNEC4: Events, dear boy, events
NEC4 contains subtle changes to clause 61.3 that relate to compensation events and which await judicial clarification
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CommentCase in focus: Service of documents
A recent case illustrates a practical approach to the challenge of effecting good service upon a peripatetic respondent