Welcome to our summer edition of the UK Construction Briefing in which we highlight a variety of 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.

UK construction contract and procurement round-up

• Austerity and long-term PFI/PPP contracts: a recipe for disputes?
• JCT 2016: evolutionary not revolutionary - a missed opportunity?
• The new NEC4 suite – is the Gulf Cooperation Council ready (and the key features of NEC4)
• Access to confidential information and court documents in procurement cases
• Is your letter of intent a patchwork of provisions?
• Reporting payment practices: line of duty
• Constructing a team (on collaborative working)

To read short summaries of the above, click here.

Resolving UK construction disputes

• Round-up of litigation, adjudication and ADR procedure news for in-house lawyers
  • Update on litigation procedure
  • English law after Brexit
  • Adjudication Focus
  • Recent articles (mediation, judicial intervention and expert independence)

Arbitration review: UK focus

• Our recently published bi-annual arbitration review included the following:
  • UK arbitration news round-up
  • Removing an arbitrator is an extreme remedy
  • Ensuring appropriate confidentiality in arbitration: guidance for arbitrators and parties alike
  • Disclosure in arbitration: paint the full picture not a vignette

To read short summaries of the above, click here.

Legal issues for those running construction businesses

• Key issues affecting construction businesses relating to health and safety, planning, employment and real estate.

International Focus

• In our latest round-up of articles from our overseas colleagues, we focus on news from the Middle East, South Africa and the US.