18 Jul, 2024 Collateral warranties are not construction contracts: the Supreme Court’s decision in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v Augusta 2008 LLP By Patrick Trevor Summary In its judgment in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd (Respondent) v Augusta 2008 LLP (formerly Simply Construct (UK) LLP)...
15 Jul, 2024 All Change? Building Safety under the Labour Government By Sasha Pirbhai The new Government’s focus on building safety will result in incremental changes, not ground-breaking shifts in policy or practice...
05 Jul, 2024 All Change? A guide to the new Government By Devonshires News So, the electorate has spoken and we have a new Labour Government (note: not the same thing as a New Labour Government). Whichever Prime...
01 Jul, 2024 Are RPs geared up to deal with inquests? By Samantha Grix The answer to the above question is all too often ‘no’ and is something that needs consideration. Fiona Underwood of Altair and I have...
10 Jun, 2024 16/07/2024: What Constitutes Building Works for the Purposes of HRBs? By Luke Hartnell “What Constitutes “Building Work” for the purposes of Higher-Risk Buildings?” This webinar will explore the exceptions and the...
03 Jun, 2024 New UK legislation to compensate victims of Push Payment scams By Matthew Garbutt Authorised Push Payment ("APP") fraud occurs when fraudsters trick individuals or businesses into authorising a payment to an account...
29 May, 2024 The Principal Accountable Person regime: the FTT's first decision By Hannah Keane Zoe McLean-Wells Ellie Fletcher The First Tier Tribunal ('FTT') has made its first determination under section 75 of the Building Safety Act 2022 ('the BSA') as to the...
20 May, 2024 Remediation Orders: Update on First Tier Tribunal Decisions By Hannah Keane Zoe McLean-Wells Ellie Fletcher The First Tier Tribunal ('the FTT') has recently ruled in three cases regarding Remediation Orders bringing the current total to six....
08 May, 2024 23/05/2024 - Wayleave Agreements and the Electronic Communications Code By Luke Hartnell In this webinar we will look at different types of Wayleave Agreements and discuss the impact of the statutory rights Operators benefit...
30 Apr, 2024 Appointment of a Health and Safety Lead By Kathryn Kligerman Section 10 of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 amended the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 so that a duty is placed upon...
19 Apr, 2024 Updated JCT Design and Build Contract: changes for 2024 By Asif Patel Sasha Pirbhai Jamie Leonard The Joint Contracts Tribunal ("JCT") publishes a range of standard form building contracts, which are widely used within the construction...
03 Apr, 2024 Procurement Act 2023: New draft Procurement Regulations and Guidance published By Kris Kelliher Following its consultation process the Government has now published the draft Procurement Regulations 2024 implementing certain aspects...