Architects: Is your scheme within the Client’s Budget? Professional Negligence and Construction Professionals
Charles Edwards, Barrister and TECBAR Adjudicator, reviews the key case of Riva Properties Ltd & Ors v Foster + Partners Ltd [2017] EWHC 2574 (TCC) concerning a claim of professional negligence against Foster + Partners, worldwide renowned architects. The court reviewed amongst other things (para 10): The scope of Foster + Partners’ duty and retainer? Whether Foster […]
Talk on collaborative Working and Construction Contracts – CIARB
Charles Edwards, Barrister and Head of Chambers to give a talk on 18th May 2016 on Collaborative Working and Construction Contracts at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Thames Valley Branch). This talk is based on research carried out by Charles at the University of Cambridge (Departments of Engineering and Architecture). Title: Talk on Collaborative Working […]
NEC3 Contract – Project Manager reversing his Decision
NEC3 Contract – Project Manager reversing his decision: Can a Second Adjudicator consider the First Adjudicator’s Decision – High Court (TCC) Guidance “…It is only too easy in a complex case for a party who is dissatisfied with the decision of an adjudicator to comb through the adjudicator’s reasons and identify points upon which to […]
Beware of the payment and time provisions related provisions in the JCT Standard Building Contract 2011
BEWARE OF THE PAYMENT AND TIME RELATED PROVISIONS IN THE JCT STANDARD BUILDING CONTRACT 2011: RECENT GUIDANCE FROM THE HIGH COURT (TCC) “…’cash flow’ in the building trade. It is the very lifeblood of the enterprise… ” (As per Lord Denning M.R. in (1973) 71 L.G.R. 162, 167) Charles Edwards, Barrister and TECBAR Adjudicator reviews […]
