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CommentLegal: It鈥檚 up to you
Parties may contractually allocate concurrent delay risk as they wish, write聽Emily Leonard and Hannah Gardiner
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CommentLegal: It鈥檚 a win on penalties
The approach to any failure to send a timely payless notice has at last been questioned
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CommentLegal: Say what you see
聽If a party has taken a conflicting stand in a related case, an adjudicator may be obliged to disclose those case documents
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CommentLegal: Draft your warranty with care
Aidan Steensma on the relevance to contractors of defects claims in developer-tenant cases
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CommentLegal: Pay it backwards
Stephanie Canham on draft legislation that will introduce a reverse VAT charge specifically for construction, to combat VAT fraud
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CommentLegal: Renewable contracts
In the sixth part of our series on new technology, Sara Cunningham considers how building contracts can be adapted for new buildings that also are required to generate energy
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CommentLegal: Agreed in principle
When is a contract a contract, asks Robert Akenhead 鈥� is it when a notional agreement is agreed, or does it need to be more formal?
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CommentWhat's wrong with retention?
Retentions meet a real need and aren鈥檛 a problem in themselves 鈥� it鈥檚 how they are administered that needs fixing
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CommentCase in focus: valuation evidence
Ted Lowery on when repair costs trump diminution in value as a determinant of damages
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CommentThe 拢12m blame game
When 64 homes had to be demolished, the council claimed the architect had assumed responsibility for others鈥� errors
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CommentLegal: Implied criticism
The Court of Appeal concluded that parties can agree whatever they wish 鈥� even if it seems in hindsight not entirely fair
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CommentLegal: Facing up to mental health
Employers slack on staff mental health may face disability discrimination claims
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CommentLegal: a knotty problem
James Bessey explains that a 聽recent case showing nuisance can be caused by omission as well as action has implications for cladding fires
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CommentLegal: Cyber Security: smart buildings
Paul Glass and Jill Hamilton of Taylor Wessing鈥檚 cyber security team consider the benefits and risks of internet-enabled technology聽
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CommentLegal: A different kind of model approach
Daniel Garton and Ralph Goodchild on using system dynamics as evidence in delay and disruption claims聽
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CommentLegal: operating under-covered
Steven Carey looks at problems in obtaining professional indemnity聽insurance for cladding-related work in the wake of the Grenfell fire
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CommentCase in Focus: how low can you go?
Ted Lowery on a judgment that slated one side鈥檚 jaundiced approach to quantum evidence聽
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CommentTime鈥檚 up on 100% time bars
Why do time bar provisions strike down all of a claim, not part of it? Standard forms should allow a less extreme option
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CommentComputers take over the courtroom
Technology in the legal world has opened up a host of opportunities. Rebecca Shorter looks at new ways of making the most of digital evidence in construction cases and the risks to be aware of when there is such a vast amount of data at your fingertips
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CommentLegal: How BIM can bring us safety
聽Is BIM the hook on which to secure the golden thread of information that Hackitt says should run through every project?