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Blueprint for Growth10 June 2024

On 3 June 2024, twelve Tier 1 UK infrastructure and construction contractors and consultants published their Blueprint for Growth – a set of twelve recommendations for the future government to implement in order to try and improve the UK’s economy, growth and productivity.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 12626 July 2022

In Commercial Disputes Weekly we consider a crucial decision holding the UK Government to account for failing to comply with its obligations to achieve net zero. We also look at the ever controversial issue of liquidated damages, a stealth jurisdiction argument and an unsuccessful challenge to the Court of Appeal’s approach to allowing grounds of appeal.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 12519 July 2022

A few firsts this week with the successful recovery by a building owner of the costs of replacing cladding post Grenfell and the first decision under the coronavirus rent arbitration scheme. Commercial Disputes Weekly also discusses a key decision in the ongoing quest for recompense by the victims of the Fundao Dam disaster and a Court of Appeal decision in relation to apparent bias.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 12228 June 2022

We look at interpretation in various contexts in this Commercial Disputes Weekly; of statutes by the Supreme Court, non-compete covenants before the Court of Appeal and the High Court has dealt with contractual arbitration appointment provisions and obligations to retender.

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Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 11610 May 2022

Commercial Disputes Weekly Issue 116 looks at when a contractor is covered against liability claims by being coinsured under the project insurance policy. It also considers the repercussions of breaching the embargo on draft judgments.

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Will Gateway 1 Hackitt?30 July 2021

Gateway 1 and Fire Statements are intended to integrate thinking on fire safety as part of the planning application process, but will Gateway 1 help implement Hackitt’s recommendations or become a paper exercise?

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