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Aug 23, 2023

The big IPO debate

Insights
Aug 22, 2023

Building safety – details of the design, construction and occupation regimes

On 17 August 2023, the government published details of the design, construction and occupation regimes which will be introduced for higher-risk buildings, coming into effect on 1 October 2023. Those…
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
Aug 16, 2023

NSIP operational reform consultation: will it improve the process?

The Government is currently consulting on operational changes to the NSIP consenting process that have the potential to make significant improvements to parts of the DCO process. In this Insight we…
Insights
Aug 11, 2023

The rise of betterment in building-safety defect claims post-Grenfell

Betterment has rarely been advanced as a defence in English courts until now, post-Grenfell, with the advent of building-safety defect claims. This article, first published in Construction News, takes…
Insights
Aug 10, 2023

Can liquidated damages clauses set general cap?

A pair of cases in the past two years have come to opposite conclusions about whether general damages can be capped by contract provisions for liquidated damages.
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Aug 10, 2023

This is not just any case on demolition... this is the M&S case on demolition

The refusal of M&S's plans to demolish and rebuild their flagship store on Oxford Street by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Michael Gove) has attracted much attention…
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Aug 09, 2023

DCO Judicial Reviews: Lessons learned from recent judgments

The process of securing development consent (a DCO) for a major scheme can take many years.  The decision of the Government on whether to grant the DCO is made at the end of that process and is…
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Aug 07, 2023

PACCAR: a new direction for the funding of class actions?

The Supreme Court’s decision in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (Appellants) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others (Respondents) [2023] UKSC 28 has caused a stir in the legal…
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