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Construction
Hogan Lovells Annual Middle East Construction Forum: Marriages of convenience and being “stuck in the middle with you”
Stuart Catchpole QC will join members of Hogan Lovells global Construction & Engineering practice to speak at their Annual Middle East Construction Forum on the 25th November. By reference to… Read more »
Stuart Catchpole QC and David Bateson to speak at SCL Hong Kong’s Flagship Annual Conference
SCLHK’s flagship Annual Conference 2020 is this year taking place once, through a series of 4 webinars. Unexpected events regularly occur during the life of a construction project. These may… Read more »
Episode 7: Life after Bresco again – Styles & Wood (in administration) v GE CIF Trustees
Many of the decisions following Bresco have involved companies in liquidation. David Sawtell considers a case where the claiming company was in administration and where any final decision would be… Read more »
Yuanda & Establishing and Ascertaining under the ABI model form of UK Performance Bond: Conceptual & Practical Challenges (Part Two)
In this second part of a two part series, Alexandra Bodnar and James Bradford look at some of the practical implications of the recent decision in Yuanda (UK) Company Limited… Read more »
The TCC Decision in Rochford v Kilhan [2020] EWHC 941
In this episode John Denis-Smith, David Sawtell and Rebecca Drake consider the recent judgment of Mrs Justice Cockerill in Rochford v Kilhan. The judgment in this part 8 claim in… Read more »
Termination ‘The Trials and Tribulations of Termination’
Karen Gough is speaking with Construction Director Bill Barton for a Barton Legal webinar on untangling the termination clauses from a variety of construction and engineering contracts (including NEC, JCT… Read more »
NEW PODCAST MINI-SERIES: Life After Bresco – adjudication enforcement and insolvency
In what circumstances can an insolvent company enforce an adjudicator’s decision in its favour? The Supreme Court in Michael J Lonsdale (Electrical) Ltd v Bresco Electrical Services Ltd (in liquidation)… Read more »
Life After Bresco – Part 1: The Decision in John Doyle Construction Ltd in Liquidation vs Erith Contractors Ltd
OVERVIEW: Life After Bresco – adjudication enforcement and insolvency In what circumstances can an insolvent company enforce an adjudicator’s decision in its favour? The Supreme Court in Michael J Lonsdale… Read more »
Life After Bresco – Part 2: Insolvency Set-off and the problem of multiple contracts and disputes
This episode explains what insolvency set-off is, and why it causes problems when it comes to enforcing adjudication decisions.
Life After Bresco – Part 3: The TCC’s approach to undertakings and conditions
A number of TCC decisions have set out conditions that the insolvent company will have to meet before it summary judgment is granted for enforcement, such as ring-fencing the adjudicated… Read more »
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