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Development obligations - squaring triangles?

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Construction Contract & Claims Management Podcast Series – EP5: How to Navigate Settlement Discussions and Prepare Settlement Agreements

New HSF blog - Construction Notes

Construction Contract & Claims Management Podcast Series – EP4: How to Prepare for a Potential Construction Dispute

Construction Contract & Claims Management Podcast Series – EP3: How to Assess the Legal Merits of Construction Claims

Construction Contract & Claims Management Podcast Series – EP2: Pitfalls of Suspending or Terminating a Construction Contract

Construction Contract & Claims Management Podcast Series – EP1: Variations to and under a Construction Contract

The importance of assignments: If you are purchasing a site for development, would you rely on a report your seller obtains in its favour then gives to you, stating that you can rely on it; the seller accepting no liability for its contents?

This blog post explores why purchasers should take an assignment or insist on other protection before relying on reports provided to them by others. If …

Court Interprets Obligation in a Standard Form Construction Contract to use all due diligence to obtain planning approvals

A commonly encountered provision in the standard form JCT Building Contract (2005 edition) was interpreted by the Court of Appeal to include an implied …

Increased scope of contractors' design liability

The Supreme Court in E.ON v MT Hojgaard has held that apparently inconsistent provisions in a design and build contract relating to standard of …