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Commercial Construction & Engineering
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Jun 25, 2024

Changes in the payment and adjudication processes regarding variations and time-related disputes

In May 2024, the Hong Kong Government introduced the Construction Industry Security of Payment Bill (Bill) to the Legislative Council for first reading. If the Bill is passed into law, the Bill will…
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Jun 24, 2024

Key developments and changes in comparison with the existing contractual security of payment regime

In May 2024, the Hong Kong Government introduced the Construction Industry Security of Payment Bill (Bill) to the Legislative Council for first reading. If the Bill is passed into law, the Bill will…
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Jun 17, 2024

ABCA form - key features

In this Insight, Olivia Turner considers the key features of the ABCA form for the Appointment of a Building Control Approver that clients should be aware of.
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Jun 12, 2024

Conditions precedent and time bars, getting around them

When a party fails to comply with a condition precedent, especially if such a provision includes a time limit for the fulfilment of the obligation, it will often advance various arguments to avoid the…
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Jun 10, 2024

JCT 2024 Editions: key changes in the JCT's new suite of contracts

An article, first published in PLC which analyses the key changes introduced by the JCT in its Design and Build Contract, 2024 Edition, the first of the JCT's 2024 contract families to be published.
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Jun 10, 2024

NEC and JCT: good faith compared

An article by Shy Jackson, first published in PLC, which considers "good faith" clauses and compares NEC's mutual trust and co-operation provision with JCT 2024's collaborative working provisions.
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May 29, 2024

Hong Kong Security of Payment Bill gazetted

The long-anticipated Construction Industry Security of Payment Bill (“Bill”) was gazetted on 17 May 2024 and was introduced into LegCo for its first reading on 29 May 2024. The Bill aims to establish…
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May 01, 2024

AI and the construction industry

In this Insight, first published in PLC Construction, Anna Blest, Sasha Rubinstein, Jack Mcfadden and Tiffany Babayemi consider the key takeaways from the RIBA Artificial Intelligence Report 2024.
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Apr 26, 2024

Caps on employer liability: letters of intent and CLS v WJGE

In this Insight, Zaynah Mirza considers the case of CLS Civil Engineering Ltd v WJG Evans and Sons (a partnership) [2024] EWHC 194 (TCC) which concerned a number of issues including whether the terms…
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Apr 10, 2024

Lining up Completion Obligations and Delay Damages in Project Documents

In this Insight, first published in PLC, Ilan Freiman, Wanjing Goh and Vivica Fu consider the judgment of the Singapore High Court in Terrenus Energy SL2 Pte Ltd v Attika Interior + MEP Pte Ltd [2023]…
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