Devonshires

9/9/2025 12:56:31 PM

When nomination process affects adjudication enforcement: RNJM Limited v Purpose Social Homes Limited

By Kathryn Kligerman Will O'Brien Holly Mason

In RNJM Limited v Purpose Social Homes Limited [2025] EWHC 2224 (TCC), a respondent to an application for enforcement of an adjudicator’s...

9/2/2025 3:04:59 PM

Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025: What Should Businesses Expect?

By John O'Mahony Lena Barnes

The Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 (the “Act”), which received Royal Assent on 21 July 2025, grants the Secretary of State...

9/1/2025 4:08:23 PM

Clegg Food Projects Limited v Prestige Car Direct Properties Limited [2025] EWHC 2173

By James Mapley Will O'Brien John O'Mahony

The August break is reserved by the Technology and Construction Court for “applications of real urgency [to] be dealt with”[1]. In a...

8/29/2025 9:14:45 AM

Ardmore Construction Limited enters administration

By Will O'Brien Jim Varley

Public court records confirm that Ardmore Construction Limited (ACL) filed a formal notice of appointment of administrators yesterday, 28...

8/28/2025 8:13:08 AM

Epping Forest injunction case in the Court of Appeal today

By Hannah Langford Will O'Brien

It’s rare for planning cases, let alone enforcement proceedings, to make headline news however the application for permission to appeal...

8/21/2025 1:07:41 PM

No one size fits all: grant of injunction to prevent planning breach

By Will O'Brien Hannah Langford Camilla Weston

The law provides that the Court must carefully undertake a balancing exercise on the facts when a local planning authority applies to...

8/19/2025 10:47:36 AM

Lessons from VMA Services Ltd v Project One London Ltd [2025] EWHC 1815 (TCC)

By James Mapley Lucy Ferebee

Can a party avoid paying a Notified Sum awarded in a ‘smash and grab’ adjudication by commencing its own ‘true value’ adjudication? ...

8/14/2025 2:57:14 PM

The court clarifies that an adjudicator's decision on payment of his fees is not susceptible to review, even if the adjudicator's decision is not enforced

By Karen Morean

It has become somewhat rare for the court to refuse to enforce an adjudicator’s decision; even rarer still to find judicial authority on...

8/14/2025 11:17:12 AM

Wednesday 10 September - Building Safety (Wales) Bill Examined

By Luke Hartnell

The landmark Building Safety (Wales) Bill has now been released. This marks a significant step towards the enhancement of building safety...

8/13/2025 1:40:45 PM

Cladding Safety Scheme Reform – Update for Social Housing Providers

By Rachel Jones Michael Petrick

On 11 June 2025 it was confirmed that social housing providers were going to be granted equal access to the Government’s Cladding Safety...

8/1/2025 8:51:42 AM

Ending the Reign of Retention?

By Lena Barnes

Cash is king is a phrase used often, and to some extent too much, within the construction industry. The reality is that it is the flow of...

7/31/2025 12:49:43 PM

Awaab's Law – a legislative update and, separately, recommendations for development transactions

By Triya Maicha Baljit Basra Charlotte Sawyer +1 more...

Background and Recent developments As readers will be aware, the introduction of Awaab's Law marks a significant shift in the...

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