HARDWICK NEWS
The DIFC Courts’ new Technology and Construction Division
The Technology and Construction Division (TCD) of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts came into operation on 1 October 2017. Mark Raymont, Partner, and Eveline Strecker, Senior Practice Development Lawyer, at Pinsent Masons Dubai look at the...
Bringing PFI contracts ‘back in-house’
The shadow chancellor recently pledged that Labour would bring existing private finance initiative (PFI) contracts ‘back in-house’ if they are elected. Philip Vernon, partner at Ashurst, explains the proposals and their potential implications. This article was first...
Emissions testing—keeping it clean
Following recent scandals in which car companies were found to be cheating regulated emissions tests and thousands of cars had to be recalled over their illegal polluting effects, the European Union has announced all new cars must pass stricter emissions tests from 1...
Contractor fails to prove materials were unfit for purpose (Tayside Contracts v D Geddes)
A contractor’s claim that materials supplied to it were not of satisfactory quality, or fit for purpose, failed, as the court was not satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that certain characteristics in the materials were responsible for failures on the...
Using mediation to resolve construction disputes
To what extent is mediation being used to resolve construction disputes? David Evans, legal director, solicitor and mediator in the construction team at Blake Morgan and mediator at Oxford Mediation, considers that, while mediation is still not commonly used in...
NEC4 contracts: user group seminar report
I was kindly invited by the NEC to its Users’ Group Annual Seminar on 22 June 2017, at which the new NEC4 suite of standard form construction contracts was launched. In this report I highlight some of the key information points from the seminar, in particular in...
