Conditions precedent - Richard Booth, HFW
Using real-life examples which expose the problems, what makes a condition precedent stand up in court, e.g. being timed out of adjudications, late submissions of final accounts, claims for EoT?
Final account disputes - Sarah McCann, Hardwicke
How do you gain an edge in final account disputes in light of ICI v Merit Merrell Technologies?
What evidence do you need and what are the obligations of your experts?
Alliance contracts - Nigel Blundell, Pinsent Masons
Drawing on live projects, how do you control - and overcome - practical difficulties with the new forms of alliance contracts, i.e. the NEC4 Alliance and the FAC1?
BIM protocols - David Rintoul, Clarkslegal
How do you protect yourself from the legal and technical challenges of applying the BIM protocols in construction contracts, especially data ownership and data accuracy?
Pay Less Notices - Seb Oram, 3PB
Against a back-drop of recent and live cases, how is the Court interpreting pay less notices under NEC3 and JCT, i.e. timing, procedure, form and content?
Recovery of loss - David Pliener, Hardwicke
Where is the limit on recovery of loss, particularly economic loss, for contractors and clients?
What factors will sway a court in your favour?
LOIs - David Sears QC, Crown Office Chambers (Construction, London, 03.07.19) In the spotlight of Arcadis Consulting v AMEC [2018], what are the legal and practical consequences for drafting and responding to LOIs and pre-construction services agreements?
Retentions and PBAs (NTS) - Rudi Klein, Specialist Engineering Contractors Group (Construction, London, 03.07.19) How is market practice changing over retentions and project bank accounts following recent high-profile insolvencies? What do the trends show, with examples?
Retentions and PBAs - Rudi Klein, Specialist Engineering Contractors Group (Construction, London, 03.07.19) How is market practice changing over retentions and project bank accounts following recent high-profile insolvencies? What do the trends show, with examples?
SSE v Hochtief, Jessica Stephens QC, 4 Pump Court (Construction, London, 03.07.19) With SSE v Hochtief bubbling away, how are you to distinguish between design obligations and workmanship obligations? What is and isn't insurable?
