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Jennifer Varley
Insights
Nov 03, 2025

Financing data centre developments: Balancing risk and opportunity in a capital-intensive sector

This is the third in a ten-part article series on the legal strategies shaping the future of data centre development in the UK. The United Kingdom’s data centre sector is built on a striking paradox:…
Insights
Oct 23, 2025

Structuring shell and core data centre developments: Legal strategies for scalability and flexibility

This is the second in a ten-part article series on the legal strategies shaping the future of data centre development in the UK. The UK data centre sector’s expansion is increasingly dominated by the…
Insights
Oct 14, 2025

Mastering powered land transactions for UK data centres

This is the first in a ten-part article series on the legal strategies shaping the future of data centre development in the UK. The UK’s data centre market is entering a period of rapid expansion,…
Insights
Jun 26, 2025

The role of policy and what it means for the conduct of claims for building safety disputes

In this Insight, first published in PLC, BCLP Partners Jennifer Varley and James Clarke consider the Supreme Court decision in URS Corp Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21, which has significant…
Insights
Aug 21, 2023

Risk mitigation in a volatile price market

The construction industry will continue to face rising material prices, volatile markets and inflation. Disputes go hand in hand with rising prices as projects become much more difficult to complete…
Insights
Jan 12, 2022

PFI ‘Health Checks’: The latest proposal to manage PFI expiry risk

On 16 December 2021, the PFI Centre of Excellence issued its Phase 1 PFI Expiry Health and Learnings Report. In this BCLP Insight, Jennifer Varley considers how these development areas may impact both…
Insights
Mar 11, 2021

A final account problem – JSM Construction v Western Power

The final account is normally a wrap-up of the contractor’s valid claims for extra payment. It’s particularly helpful if claims were not submitted or assessed as works progressed. So, what happens if…
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Jan 25, 2019

S&T v Grove [2018]: Smash and grab lives on

Legal commentators forecast the demise of ‘smash and grab’ adjudications following the first instance decision in Grove v S&T. Upholding that decision, the Court of Appeal decided that an unsuccessful…
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