04 August 2011
Quarterly newsletter from our Construction and Engineering group. The focus this time is on public sector work, the Government’s new construction policy and imminent changes to the Construction Act.
05 May 2011
Quarterly newsletter from our Construction and Engineering group. This edition focuses on green issues. Also featured are reports on our proposal to provide cost effective assistance for dispute resolution, details of our guide to nuclear law and an update on members of the team.
09 August 2010
Quarterly newsletter from our Construction and Engineering Group. This edition focuses on two issues that result from the new government's determination to cut back on public sector spending: the cancellation or renegotiation of existing public sector contracts and the potential to recover bid costs on cancelled projects. We also look at some recent case law and changes in the European procurement rules.
16 March 2010
Quarterly newsletter from our Construction and Engineering Group. This edition focuses on nuclear new build, health & safety developments and an update on recent construction case law.
09 December 2009
Quarterly newsletter from our Construction and Engineering Group. This issue looks at the new planning regime which should help bring major projects to delivery phase faster, and the new construction act which should rectify a number of anomalies with the current legislation. Also covered are self-employment, blacklisting and appeals.
10 July 2009
Quarterly newsletter from our Construction and Engineering Group. This edition focuses on nuclear energy, waste management and employment issues.
28 April 2009
Special edition of our Construction and Engineering Group newsletter. In this issue we look at Employer friendly payment provisions, Step in rights, Contractor insolvency and litigation against an insolvent company.
26 March 2009
Quarterly newsletter from our Construction and Engineering Group. In this issue we look at mediation as a means to resolve disputes, the ownership of materials on site, the credit crunch and updates to legislation.
21 February 2007
A significant change to construction health and safety legislation is due to come into force in April 2007 with the introduction of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 ("CDM2007")1. The current CDM Regulations will be replaced and merged with the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996. There is little change to the content of the 1996 Regulations but there are significant changes to the CDM part.