The JCT 2005 Standard forms of Contract - 31st May 2006.
Mondaq Business Briefing › Nbr. 2006, January 2006
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Joint construction tribunal - Construction law
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The JCT 2005 Standard forms of Contract - 31st May 2006.
ADJUDICATION
Residential occupiers and PFI contracts Resolving residential occupiers' disputes by David Miles, Glovers and Adjudication and PFI contracts by Dominic Helps, Shadbolts, Construction Law Journal 2006 Vol.22 No.2 p.117 The regular Construction Act Review contributed by Dominic Helps and Peter Sheridan of Shadbolts includes a short piece by David Miles on the Construction Group's Construction Conciliation Procedure launched in 2003, which is in essence a form of med/arb. Further details can be obtained from the Group's website at www.ccgroup.org.uk. The relevance to adjudication is in the potential lacuna created by the HGCR Act s.106 exclusion of residential occupier disputes from the adjudication regime. The second part by Dominic Helps is largely a commentary on Midland Expressway v Carillion Construction (Nerys Jefford) and the 'equivalent project relief' provisions common in PFI contracts but nevertheless inconsistent with ss.108 and 113 of the HGCR Act. Construction Law March 2006 Vol.17 Issue 2 contains the following articles: Construction Act review a missed opportunity by Tom Wrzesien and Sam Nichols, Taylor Wessing That's so unfair! by Lawrence Davies, Pinsent Masons on Ardmore Construction v Taylor Woodrow Award of costs: appeal allowed John Roberts Architects Ltd v Parkcare Homes (No.2) Ltd [2006] CILL 2323 and [2006] BLR 106 CA The CA reversed the TCC's decision that an adjudicator had no power to award costs in the event of the adjudication being discontinued. The CA held...See the full content of this document
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