UK Construction Briefing Spring 2019

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UK Construction Briefing Spring 2019

UK Construction Briefing Spring 2019

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Spring 2019

Welcome to our spring edition of the UK Construction Briefing, in which we highlight issues affecting UK construction businesses.

If you would like more information on any of the issues raised below, please contact one of the team listed under Key Contacts.

You can find all our publications on the "Insights" tab on our web page: UK Construction team.

UK construction contracts and procurement

UK construction contracts news round-up
Commentaries on recent cases
- Practical completion: construction law's elephant (easier to recognise than describe) (Mears Ltd v. Costplan Services (South East) Ltd and others)
- Prevention principle and expressly agreed terms (North Midland Building Ltd v. Cyden Homes Ltd)
- High Court holds that Brexit does not amount to frustration of a lease (Canary Wharf Limited v. European Medicines Agency)
  (Note: since this article was written, the EMA has launched an appeal of the High Court decision.)

Payment update

Round-up of news on payment policies: UK construction focus
Contract procedure matters: serve those notices to protect your payment position
Use of project bank accounts set to rise on UK projects

Resolving UK construction disputes

Round-up of litigation and ADR procedure news for in-house lawyers (construction focus)
No 'right' way to arbitrate
ADR liaison forum proposed
Adjudication procedure: case reviews
- Grove confirmed as established approach to starting true value adjudications (M Davenport Builders Ltd v. Greer and another)
- Is new legislation needed for adjudication?

Industry Issues

Legal issues for those running UK construction businesses (March 2019)
Negotiations about how the UK exits the EU continue. To read more about the issues, visit our Brexit portal here.

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Prevention principle and expressly agreed terms

April 9, 2019

A review of the Court of Appeal judgment in North Midland Building Ltd v. Cyden Homes Ltd that reverses a common law position, confirming that parties may allocate the risk of concurrent delay without contravening the doctrine of prevention.