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Lucy Weld
Insights
Aug 07, 2024

Abbey Healthcare – A prompt for considering contractual adjudication in collateral warranties?

An article considering the Supreme Court’s decision in Abbey Healthcare, which decided that a typically worded collateral warranty is not a construction contract for the purposes of the Housing…
Insights
Nov 10, 2023

EPC contracts and NEC

An article on NEC's practice note explaining how the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract can be adapted for use as an engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract.
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
May 15, 2023

NEC4: January 2023 Amendments

In this Insight, Lucy Hawley and Sarah Platts consider the key changes made to the NEC4 suite by the January 2023 amendments.
Insights
Mar 24, 2023

NEC4 Professional Service Contract – an introduction and overview

Lucy Hawley takes a look at the NEC Professional Service Contract, considering the features of the form and what projects are particularly well suited to it. 
Insights
Apr 07, 2022

JCT’s insolvency payment regime – how does it work?

The case of Levi Solicitors LLP v Wilson and another considered the impact of contractor insolvency on debts owed to an employer under a JCT contract. Significantly, the court helpfully clarified how…
Insights
Dec 17, 2020

NEC4: 2020 amendments

NEC4 was published in 2017. The first set of amendments were published in January 2019 and now, in the space of three years, we have the second set, published in October. Most standard forms do not…
Insights
Jan 21, 2019

Clancy Docwra v E.ON: Take care when defining the scope of works

Contracting parties often place too much faith on bespoke amendments and the precedence of contract documents when imposing risk on others, having insufficient regard to the bargain reached between…
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