A new version of the BIM Protocol was in May, the Centre for Digital Built Britain, the UK BIM Alliance and the Construction Industry, co-authored by Andrew Croft, Senior Associate

It has been very interesting watching the FCA's business interruption litigation playing out in the High Court this week.

The annual 1 October PII renewal process for solicitors is always frenetic. But this year's renewal season was particularly challenging for a whole host of reasons

The Supreme Court has handed down its decision in the case of Stoffel & Co v Grondona, in which it considers the much-debated defence of illegality and, in particular, the Court of Appeal's

Beale & Co have closely monitored the Irish and UK's insurance industry's approach to dealing with policy response for Covid-19 related losses under Business Interruption ("BI")...

Whilst the Government has indicated an intent to maintain a relationship with the European Investment Bank (‘EIB') post-Brexit, concrete plans for how it intends to do so have yet to be announced.

Performance bonds help to provide clients with the assurance that should things go wrong, work on their project will still be financially viable.

Anti-suit injunctions (‘ASIs') prevent a party that is subject to the issuing court's jurisdiction from commencing or continuing with proceedings in a foreign

Construction projects carry inherent risks, and the allocation and management of these risks is often a key area of contention when negotiating international ...

It is undeniable that the coronavirus pandemic has been an unprecedented time for all.

In this market update, our specialist UK insurance team pulls together a collection of the latest claims and market trends, including those related to COVID-19, that we are seeing across the key non-medical professions.

The recent High Court judgment in the FCA Business Interruption (BI) test case (The Financial Conduct Authority v Arch and Others) has been the subject of extensive media coverage.

On 11 August 2020, the London Court of International Arbitration (‘LCIA') published its latest updates to the LCIA Arbitration Rules and LCIA Mediation Rules (the ‘LCIA Rules 2020').

With the Coronavirus pandemic only serving to exacerbate pre-existing tensions at all levels of the supply chain, the number of construction disputes is expected to rise dramatically in the coming months.

In an article earlier this year here we referred to the Construction Leadership Council (CLC)'s guidance on site operating procedures and, in particular, the revision of on-site distancing rules.

In June 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the merger of the Department for International Development (‘DFID') and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (‘FCO').

On 14 July 2020, the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) COVID-19 Task Force published guidance to address the contractual challenges presented by the pandemic.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has consulted on a revised Waste Management Plan for England ("the Plan").

The new ‘one metre plus' social distancing guidelines require workers to stay two metres apart, or one metre with risk mitigation where this is not viable.

The role of the Labour Court (the Court) can be broadly divided between its industrial relations work (those issues coming to the Court under the provisions of the Industrial Relations Acts), and its employment rights work.