An exercise in futility? Think again: Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd v Astec Projects Ltd (In Liquidation)

2019 saw a number of high-profile contractor insolvencies and two landmark cases exploring the relationship between the adjudication and insolvency regimes (Bresco[1] and Meadowside[2] respectively). For an industry in which cashflow is king, the outbreak of COVID-19 threatens to have especially sizeable implications for construction contractors and could precipitate further insolvencies. It is therefore more…

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