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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
JCT Building Contract: What is meant by an “Appropriate Deduction” and how should it be calculated?
JCT Building Contract: What is meant by an “Appropriate Deduction” and how should it be calculated? – Guidance from the High Court (TCC) Charles Edwards, Barrister and TECBAR Adjudicator, reviews
NEC3 Contracts – Have you agreed to a change to your Contract orally or by conduct or does it need to be in writing (Clause 12.3)
“…Courts will never construe words in a vacuum…” Sir Thomas Bingham MR in Arbuthnot v Fagan [1995] CLC 1396 Charles Edwards, Head of Chambers and Barrister, reviews the recent Court of
Talk on Letters of Intent on 11th September 2019 on behalf of the CICES at Middle Temple
We are delighted to announce that Charles Edwards, FCInstCES MSt(Cantab) MSc(Lond) Barrister and Head of Chambers is giving a talk on behalf of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
The Adjudicator simply got it wrong: Challenging Adjudicators’ decisions using Part 8 proceedings in the High Court – Guidance from the TCC
Charles Edwards, Barrister and TECBAR Adjudicator, reviews the case of Hutton Construction Ltd v Wilson (London) Properties Ltd [2017] EWHC 517 (TCC). This matter involved a summary judgment application for
NEC3 Conditions of Contract (as amended): How many potholes constitute a Compensation Event? – Adjudication, Arbitration and then High Court (TCC)
“…Socrates to Hermogenes: ‘Well, now, let me take an instance; suppose that I call a man a horse or a horse a man, you mean to say that a man
Arbitration Act 1995 and the Insolvency Rules 1986: Guidance from the High Court
Charles Edwards, Barrister and TECBAR Adjudicator, reviews the case of Philpott & Anor v Lycee Francais Charles De Gaulle School [2015] EWHC 1065 (Ch). This case provides useful guidance on
Adjudicator’s Decisions: Recovery of overpayments, Time Bars and Limitation Periods – Supreme Court Guidance
Charles Edwards, Barrister and TECBAR Adjudicator reviews a decision of the Supreme Court which raises important issues about the effect of Adjudicators’ decisions pursuant to the provisions implied into construction