HARDWICK NEWS
Brexit patchworking: the impact of continued uncertainty on the construction industry
Here we are in May 2019, and, almost 3 years on, Brexit is still not sorted. Whatever your politics, you can’t help but feel “what a mess”. Industry is suffering from uncertainty, people and organisations cannot plan, budget or invest with...
Net Zero—will the UK lead the way in combatting climate change?
Environment analysis: The Committee for Climate Change’s (CCC) report into the UK’s contribution to stopping global warming comes at a time when climate change is high on the agenda. But, while the government’s commissioning of the report is to be...
Is electricity considered ‘goods’? (Green Deal Marketing Southern Ltd v Economy Energy Trading Ltd and others)
Commercial analysis: Deterioration and cessation of relations between two companies that had partnered in the retail electricity market provides lawyers with an instructive case, particularly concerning the question of whether electricity is to be classed as...
Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 3—key changes and likely impact
Energy analysis: In the lead up to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) third Allocation Round (AR3), Munir Hassan, partner and head of clean energy, Matthew Brown and Dalia Majumder-Russell, senior associates, all at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, provide...
PI claims and renewable energy disputes
Jonathan Spencer (Partner) and Harry Speak (Trainee Solicitor) of Simmons & Simmons look at some of the key areas of disputes and consequent professional indemnity (PI) claims in projects relating to wind power, waste to energy plants, solar power installations...
Energy weekly highlights—3 May 2019
This week’s edition of Energy highlights includes the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets’ (Ofgem) announcement that customers will automatically receive compensation from 1 May 2019 if they are mistakenly switched and not returned to the correct...
