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Amy Jacks is restructuring partner, and James Morris is construction & engineering and international arbitration partner, at Mayer Brown It is always critical, in order to preserve value or protect your position, to take swift action in an insolvency scenario. Over the last couple of years – with Brexit, the…

Jonathan Nugent is managing director of Arbicon “It’s smash and grab!” says the defending lawyer of the big-paying corporation, as if some heinous criminal act has taken place in the payment process and the payer has been somehow hoodwinked into a legally-binding obligation to pay a sum that is not…

Steve Carey is a partner and Carolyn Davies is an associate at Charles Russell Speechlys The case of Martlet Homes Limited v Mulalley and Co Limited is the first post-Grenfell Technology and Construction Court decision on a claim relating to fire safety and cladding. While the court went out of…

Alexander Edwards is a partner at Rosling King LLP We all saw the Grenfell Tower tragedy unfold before our eyes in June 2017. In the aftermath, its disastrous consequences, and cladding in high-rise buildings in particular, triggered fierce debate across the country. Almost five years later, the Building Safety Act…

Kathryn Moffett is a senior associate in CMS’s London office Under the Construction Act, an adjudication decision is temporarily binding until it is finally determined by a court or arbitration (i.e. the tribunal). However, some contracts require a notification to be issued within a certain timescale if a party is…

James Griffiths is co-founder and technical director at Cyber Security Associates As the construction sector embraces advances in technology to help manage their supply chain more efficiently, it is easy to overlook the risks that can come with digital transformation. Enabling ‘just in time’ practices and streamlining processes can have…

Matt Grellier is head of construction and engineering at Slater Heelis  Vowing to curb a further rise in inflation – currently heading towards a dismal 11 per cent – on 16 June, the Bank of England voted in favour of raising interest rates by a quarter of a point. But,…

A single weak link in the supply chain could cause a big headache for construction firms under new procurement rules on carbon emissions. Keith Cooper investigates

Dave Cahill (right) is head of UK construction and Adam Power is construction PI lead at Miller Insurance The construction market has seen a sustained period of difficulty, with many companies facing or having faced insolvency. Some argue that much of the supply chain has never fully recovered from the…

Neil Hargreaves is managing director of Knauf Insulation It is simultaneously the biggest change to building energy efficiency standards in a generation and a mere stepping-stone towards bigger change to come. But, while construction in England and Wales focuses on the details of the new Building Regulations England Part L…