After 12 years of NEC3 and its approach to proactive project and risk management, NEC releases NEC4 on 22 June 2017. NEC has described this as an evolution but not a revolution...
Clarkslegal takes a look at modern slavery in the construction industry and outlines some actions employers should take to protect their workforce and their reputation...
Ruth Wilkinson joins the Construction team at Clarkslegal in Reading...
Lawyers providing specialist legal advice to the construction industry - Right To work Checks and CSCS cards...
The recent wave of updated industry standard contracts may seem hard to keep up with at times, but we continue to post regular updates ...
January is almost behind us and has certainly provided its fair share of interesting developments. Having recently published an article on what key themes we expect to see in 2017, we now highlight some of the significant developments to keep an eye out for over the remaining 11 months....
The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has published the fourth of its 2016 edition of contracts, the JCT Intermediate Building Contract suite. ...
In addition to the release of the new 2016 suite of contracts, the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has published 2016 collateral warranty documents. ...
With the New Year round the corner, we look ahead to 2017 and pick out four of the key themes we expect to be reading and writing about, with a recap on where we are now....
David Rintoul Partner and Head of Construction at Clarkslegal reviews the latest news...
The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has published the third of its 2016 edition of contracts, the JCT Standard Building Contract suite....
Letters of Intent (LOI) are much used by parties at the start of their contractual relationship – usually where there is a need to place orders or start work but the contract and its terms have not been fully finalised....
TeCSA has released the new Pre-Action Protocol for Construction and Engineering disputes, which is expected to come into force on 9 November....
It is a fact that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 60% of UK private sector employment and almost half of private sector turnover therefore it is evident that challenges relevant to SMEs are challenges to the UK economy as a whole....
The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has published the second of its 2016 edition of contracts, the JCT Design and Build suite. The contracts available include:...
The TCC decision in Lulu Construction Ltd v Mulalley & Co Ltd (2016) opens the door for payees to attempt costs recovery in adjudications relating to the recovery of monies owed under the contract, but it does not confirm that they will be successful…...
There are two fundamental principles in company law. First, every company has its own legal personality, meaning that it has its own legal identity, which is not the same as the identities of its shareholders and directors. Secondly, in the case of limited companies, which make up the vast majority of companies in England, the liability of shareholders is limited: shareholders are liable to pay for their shares, but they are not liable for the company's debts....
It is clear that we are still trying to assess the outcome of the Brexit vote and in the past month or so there have been some significant, if not rapid, changes within the UK. How has the construction industry been hit so far?...
BES 6001 enables product manufacturers to ensure – and prove – that their products have been made with constituent materials that have been responsibly sourced. ...
We now have the results of the EU Referendum confirmed: the UK has voted to leave the EU, by 52% to 48%. In the immediate, sterling has tumbled and the stock markets have plummeted. The question now is what impact this will have on the construction industry....