Construction focus: The unwritten rule

Emma Swan warns against the use of oral contracts in order to avoid uncertainty Parties may be unaware that their works do not constitute construction operations for the purposes of the Construction Act 1996 and therefore incorrectly believe that the statutory provisions apply to their contract. Written contracts are common in the construction industry due …
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Construction Focus: Politics of the judiciary

John Starr focuses on three cases that highlight pitfalls for the construction law practitioner ‘What effect would an application to correct a slip in the decision have on a party’s ability subsequently to raise a jurisdictional challenge?’In this article I examine three recent cases of interest: Dawnus Construction Holdings Ltd v Marsh Life Ltd [2017], …
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