The existing Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 and the Construction (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1996 are replaced by the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (“the new Regulations”), which came into force on 6 April 2007.

The recent Court of Appeal judgment in Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation & ors has caused considerable excitement throughout the London and international arbitration community.

In a dispute over professional fees which the claimant surveyors referred to adjudication, the respondent client submitted that there was no adjudication agreement and that the adjudicator had no jurisdiction.

More than 1 billion people - representing about 15.7% of the world's population - regularly use the internet. This is an increase from 45 million in 1995 and 420 million in 2000. It is predicated that at least 2 billion users will be online by the year 2011.

A sub-contractor failed to obtain summary judgment to enforce an adjudicator’s decision, since the court could not summarily resolve the issues as to whether there was an oral agreement for the design which would not comply with s.107 HGCR Act.