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Construction Disputes
Insights
Aug 12, 2025

Getting the Settlement Agreement Right

In this Insight, first published in PLC, Shy Jackson considers how settlement agreements, while intended to resolve disputes, can sometimes become the source of further conflict over their…
Insights
Jul 22, 2025

HK Security of Payment Ordinance – new rules regarding setting aside and enforcement of adjudication determinations

On 11 July 2025, the Hong Kong Government gazetted the Construction Industry Security of Payment Rules (“Rules”)[1]. The Rules, made by the Chief Judge of the High Court under section 50 of the…
Insights
Jul 03, 2025

JCT Target Cost Contract, 2024 Edition: first impressions

In this Insight, first published in PLC, Partner Shy Jackson considers the JCT's Target Cost Contract, 2024 Edition (TCC 2024), a new addition to its 2024 Edition contract suite that reflects the…
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
Jun 05, 2025

Construction industry participants beware: CISG and CISOP and their impact on overseas procurement

It is common for construction industry participants to source various machinery, materials or components from overseas for construction projects in Hong Kong, or to have part of the construction and…
Insights
May 19, 2025

Is challenging a judgment allegedly procured by a previously known fraud an abuse of process and vexatious?

“Once a judgment is tainted by deceit it is fatally flawed” (Park v CNH Industrial Capital Europe Limited). But can an application to set aside a default judgment allegedly procured by fraud, itself…
Insights
Apr 16, 2025

Payment notices under the Construction Act 1996, a welcome clarification

In this Insight, first published in PLC, Partner Shy Jackson and Trainee Solicitor Choe Tan consider the judgment in Placefirst Construction Ltd v CAR Construction (North East) Ltd [2025] EWHC 100…
Insights
Apr 09, 2025

Shifting contractual risks and managing electronic contracts

In this Insight, Shy Jackson takes a look at the decision of John Sisk and Son Limited v Capital & Centric (Rose) Limited [2025] EWHC 594 (TCC) where the court had to grapple with interpreting a…
Insights
Mar 11, 2025

Building Safety Act: new TCC case on building information orders

Section 130 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) allows the High Court to make building liability orders (BLO) if it considers it just and equitable to do so.  Section 132 allows the court to make an…
Insights
Mar 03, 2025

Battle of the forms: a recent example

In this Insight, first published in the March 2025 edition of the NEC Newsletter, Shy Jackson considers the topic of the “battle of the forms” in the context of a recent Scottish case, Caledonia Water…
Insights
Mar 03, 2025

DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Clauses: Are they enforceable?

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has recently upheld the enforceability of a DIFC-LCIA arbitration clause, notwithstanding the fact that the DIFC-LCIA no longer exists.   The decision…
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