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Expert evidence can be crucial to the success, or failure, of a construction dispute; for example, a case can turn on a judge's preference for one expert's delay analysis over the other.

The scheme of the private Approved Inspector was introduced by the Building Act 1984.

There has been much press comment recently about the nature of "offshore companies" and in particular those incorporated in the British Virgin Islands which has only limited requirements for provision of any company information.

Believe it or not law firms are really investing in Artificial Intelligence ("AI"), the capability of a machine(s) to imitate intelligent human behaviour.

In April 2013 the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) launched the CIOB Complex Projects Contract 2013 ("CPC 2013").

The disclosure of documents is an integral part of litigation in England and Wales and is governed in the practical sense by Practice Direction 31B with which parties must comply when conducting litigation.

Serving a notice of determination is always a significant step to take. The consequences of getting such a notice wrong can be drastic to the extent that the contractual situation can be completely turned around in favour of the party apparently in default.

Drones are nothing new. In fact, they have arguably been around since 1849, when balloons carrying explosives were used in the blockade of the Republic of Venice.

In the world of international contracting, when contracting parties enter into an arbitration agreement, they agree on a seat of the arbitration (or should).

The Parties entered into a contract for the removal of asbestos. AIL alleged that AAL's work was defective and sent a formal letter before action to AAL and in copy to its insurance broker.

The issue of "taking-over" a construction project on completion in Romania always seems to raise the question of whether the works can be said to be taken-over when the contractor has complied with the contract (in terms of substantially completing the works), or whether the works need to have received the Building Permit from the local authority.

Anti-oral variation clauses are often found in contracts. The idea behind them is to prevent the parties to that contract from making any subsequent changes to the agreement unless those changes are mutually agreed in writing and signed by the parties.

Commercial drivers mean work must start.

This issue examines three significant construction law cases from March 2026, exploring the boundaries of expert determination challenges, professional conflicts of interest in project financing, and the complexities of contract termination during extraordinary circumstances. The cases provide critical insights into when courts will intervene in expert decisions, how surveyors must navigate dual advisory roles, and the application of waiver and prevention principles in pandemic-related contract disputes.

In Bharat Aluminium the Supreme Court found that by adopting the UNCITRAL Model Law the Indian legislature had accepted the territorial principles contained within the Model Law.

The case of Grove Developments Ltd v S&T, [2018] EWHC 123 (TCC), is likely to be Mr Justice Coulson's last case at the TCC before his elevation to the Court of Appeal.

The construction industry is moving towards greater collaboration between all parties during the design, construction and handover stages of projects, and this is being driven by more appropriate procurement methods which encourage collaboration (such as the CIOB's Complex Projects Contract 2013), and BIM.

Different jurisdictions apply different meanings to the words "without prejudice".