Juli Lau, associate in the Sharpe Pritchard Adjudication team look at a recent case that highlights the perils of failing to comply with contractual dates in respect of interim applications for payment. Post Views: 1,251
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Construction case: Caledonian Modular Ltd v Mar City Developments Ltd [2015] EWHC 1855 (TCC)
Juli Lau in the Sharpe Pritchard Adjudication team and Uzma Raja highlight a recent case judgment and how it serves as a reminder to employers to be clear about the nature of payment applications, and associated documents, served on them and, if in doubt, to seek clarification from the contractor about the intended nature of the…
Continue readingNorthern Ireland Housing Executive v Healthy Buildings (Ireland) Ltd [2014]
Background In this appeal, the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland considered the position of compensation events under the NEC3 Professional Services contract. The key question before the court was whether an instruction amounted to a change to the scope of the services and whether this was a compensation event. This gave rise to…
Continue readingConstruction case: Galliford Try Building Ltd v Estura Ltd [2015] EWHC 412 (TCC)
Justin Mendelle, head of construction at Sharpe Pritchard, discusses how a recent case makes clear that although a party is not allowed to re-adjudicate on a procedural matter, it will not be prevented from challenging the value of the works on the next application. Post Views: 1,329
Continue readingConstruction case: Harding (t/a MJ Harding Contractors) v Paice [2014] EWHC 3824 (TCC)
Justin Mendelle, head of construction at Sharpe Pritchard, looks at a recent case which highlights the importance that employers ensure payment applications considered to be wrongly valued, are corrected as soon as possible. Background Harding as the claimant building contractor, entered into a building contract with the defendant developers Paice, to construct two residential houses….
Continue readingConstruction case: ISG Construction Ltd v Seevic College [2014] EWHC 4007 (TCC)
Justin Mendelle, head of construction at Sharpe Pritchard, discusses a recent case that highlights the importance of employers serving timely payment or pay less notices. Post Views: 3,454
Continue readingBouygues E&S Contracting UK Ltd v VITAL Energi Utilities Ltd [2014] CSOH 115
Justin Mendelle, partner and head of construction, looks at how a recent case highlights the difficulties of overturning an adjudicator’s decision. Post Views: 999
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