This recent court decision provides welcome protection to construction clients through the ability of an adjudicator to consider the value (in the absence of the appropriate notices) of final payment applications. Post Views: 1,182
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Extension of time – differing approaches under standard form construction contracts
Standard form construction contracts always include a mechanism for assessing whether and how the time for completion of works should be extended. An extension of time must be granted where a certain type of delay occurs. Justin Mendelle and Uzma Raja explain how these are dealt with in different ways under the JCT and NEC…
Continue readingArticle on ‘Payment provisions of the Construction Act’ published in Construction Law Review
The Construction Law Review, published by the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors, is an annual publication containing legal articles and updates from senior professionals in the field of construction law. Edwina’s article, ‘Could the payment provisions of the Construction Act displace capped payment sums set out in letters of intent?’, looks at the amendments…
Continue readingCould the payment provisions of the construction act displace capped payment sums set out in letters of intent? (First published in the Construction Law Review 2016)
There has been much written about (and cautioned against) the use of letters of intent over the years. It is perhaps a testament to the attention letters of intent have been given that the courts have seen very few cases recently where the parties are governed, or said to be governed, by them. Post Views:…
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