Below we outline the UK updates from our annual Year in Review
2019 report
Cancellation of projects - what does it mean and how to protect
your business
2019 saw the launch of a review of HS2, putting the threatened
cancellation of one of the UK's largest infrastructure projects
onto front pages everywhere.
At a time of political and economic uncertainty, employers and
contractors start to think about how best to protect their
businesses if a construction project goes off the rails. Cancelling
or terminating a project is always a last choice and businesses
should do what they can to avoid it – but if it has to be
done, it is crucial to do it properly. The common law provides
twomain methods of termination:repudiation or frustration.
Repudiation applies where a party commits a breach that goes to the
heart of the contract – for
