Swift and effective action is needed to create new, sustainable economic models to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on the world's working population...

In the ‘industry focus' section, we will focus on a specific industry and what it reveals about the legal landscape from the perspectives of claimants, lawyers and funders.

Rising construction costs, a complex building permit process, increasing bureaucracy, a growing number of unsold real estate properties, and housing prices that have risen by over 60,000

The regular Construction Act Review concentrates on the use of injunctions in conjunction with adjudication in three main situations: enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision, freezing orders and restraint of continuation of an invalid adjudication. Particular attention is given to Workplace Technologies v E. Squared (Paul Darling QC).

Makers UK Ltd v Camden London Borough Council [2008] BLR 470 TCC Already reported in CILL, Camden sought to challenge the adjudicator's decision on the ground that he had been improperly appointed by RIBA.

A round up of recent case law updates.

Camden sought to challenge the adjudicator’s jurisdiction on the ground that he had been improperly appointed by RIBA. Makers had contacted RIBA to request the appointment of the adjudicator actually appointed.

Quietfield v Vascroft - The article considers the propositions that the judgment of Jackson J, subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal in Quietfield v Vascroft (Matthew Holt and Abdul Jinadu, was right, but that Quietfield’s concession on natural justice was wrong, and that the adjudicator’s error resulted in an excess of jurisdiction.

A round-up of recent Construction industry updates.