Construction Notes

Liability caps: importance of clear drafting

Remediation Orders and Remediation Contribution Orders under the Building Safety Act 2022

Building Safety Act 2022 – Don't throw away those old records just yet…

English High Court holds that there should be no presumptions when construing clauses purporting to exclude or limit liability in the context of allegedly deliberate or repudiatory breach

Case Digest: TCC adjourns application for strike out/summary judgment in relation to combustible cladding class action leaving (among other things) the calculation of diminution in value for consideration at trial

The 'no claims' clause in the NEC4 Alliance Contract and the statutory right to adjudicate

New Malaysian Latent Damages Regime: Uncertainty out of Clarity?

Case Digest: The importance of the written word - delays in moving (Heaven) and Earth

The unintended consequences of insurance

On 10 May 2017, the UK's Supreme Court gave a decision by the closest of margins (3 to 2) which will have significant implications for construction …

Design liability under the NEC form of contract

In SSE Generation Limited v Hochtief Solutions AG and another decided on 21st December 2016, the Court of Session in Scotland considered a contractor's …