In a recent case, the English Technology and Construction Court has provided important guidance on the approach it will take when exercising discretion to allow amendments to include new claims.
In a recent case, the English TCC found that an employer was entitled to claim the full amount of liquidated damages payable upon contractor delay, even though they had taken partial possession of the contractor’s works.
This article looks at an English Commercial Court decision which highlights the importance of considering the effect of time-bar clauses carefully in order to avoid being prevented from bringing claims in the future.
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?
This article examines the decision Toppan Holdings Limited and another v Simply Construct (UK) LLP where the UK’s TCC has provided guidance on whether collateral warranties given on construction projects are “construction contracts” and whether an adjudication can be brought under collateral warranties.
Following several PPP projects in the motorway sector, this is Germany’s first ever PPP project for a federal highway (bundesstrasse), with construction beginning in autumn 2021.
The UK Supreme Court has today handed down a significant decision on the interpretation of liquidated damages clauses. Watson Farley & Williams acted for the successful party, PTT Public Company Limited.
Watson Farley & Williams has successfully represented PTT Public Company Limited – Thailand’s state-owned oil and gas company – before the UK Supreme Court in the case of Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd.
In three recent cases, the English courts have provided a series of warnings on the uses and abuses of expert evidence, from guidance on the avoidance of conflicts to the implications of a failure by experts to comply with their duties.
The operator of a large UK-based power station has successfully argued before the English Technology and Construction Court that it was entitled to withhold from retention for latter phases of work sums in respect of remedial works to earlier phases of that work.
This webinar is for building owners and residents and anyone with an interest in construction and development in any asset class, and who is looking to manage risks from contract placement, advice on live projects or dispute avoidance.
Construction Partner Barry Hembling and Timothy Goyder give an analysis of recent court cases for the June issue of Construction Law Magazine.
