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Part 2: Paul Darling OBE QC summarises the decision of the Supreme Court in Triplepoint v PTT on liquidated damages
In this, the second of two parts, Paul Darling QC reports on the Supreme Court’s decision in Triplepoint v PTT on the meaning of the word ‘negligence’ in a limitation… Read more »
Episode 4: Certificates and Payment
In this episode, David Sawtell discusses his chapter on payment and certificates with Paul Darling QC: The impact of the decision of the Supreme Court in Braganza v BP Shipping… Read more »
Episode 2: Adjudication
In this episode, David Sawtell discusses his chapter on adjudication with Paul Darling QC, looking at developments in the law and how it could continue to develop. How the decisions… Read more »
David Sawtell gives paper on causation on construction law to the Society of Construction Law
On 8 June 2021, David Sawtell gave his paper, ‘Causation in Construction Law: Time for a re-statement?’ on 8 June 2021. David set out to re-state how causation affects construction… Read more »
Webinar to mark the publication of the Fourth Edition of Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts
We are delighted to invite you to an informal webinar to mark the publication of the Fourth Edition of Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts published by OUP. Join Richard Wilmot -Smith QC… Read more »
Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts (Fourth Edition) Published
We are delighted to announce that Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts (Fourth Edition) has been published today by Oxford University Press. In this fourth edition Richard Wilmot-Smith QC, and co-editor Paul Darling QC,… Read more »
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Edwin Glasgow CBE QC, Richard Wilmot-Smith QC, Paul Darling OBE QC, Adrian Hughes QC, Peter Rees QC, Marion Smith QC, Michael McParland QC, Karim Ghaly QC, David Brynmor Thomas QC, David Bateson *, Jonathan Bellamy, John Denis-Smith, David Sawtell, Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho, Patrick Hennessey, Hannah McCarthy, Melissa Shipley, David Hopkins, Stephanie David, Daniel Benedyk, James Bradford, Joe-han Ho, Ruth Keating, Gethin Thomas, Daniel Kozelko, Nicholas Higgs, Philippe Kuhn, Peter Hurst LLB MPhil FCIArb * 
Back To Back Payment Clauses Under UAE Law – by Alexander Burrell
Alexander Burrell discusses the key features of Back to Back Clauses under UAE law, a common feature of construction contracts in the Gulf region, and often an area of contention… Read more »
Decoding FIDIC and NEC Construction Contracts Series Part 1 – Force Majeure Claims and Disputes
Swee Im Tan will be speaking in the first episode of this series of webinars, hosted by Stephenson Harwood. The webinars seek to decode FIDIC and NEC contracts in a… Read more »
The effect of foreign jurisdiction clauses on the summary enforcement of UK adjudication awards in construction contracts
In the very interesting case of Motacus Constructions Ltd v Paolo Castelli SPA [2021] EWHC 356 (TCC), handed down on 22 February 2021 (see here) Judge Hodge QC determined: “the… Read more »
Wasted costs and hopeless jurisdiction claims
Today in the High Court in London Mr Justice Cavanagh dismissed a solicitor’s renewed application for permission to appeal against a wasted costs order made against them in the case… Read more »
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