The latest CMS Cameron McKenna Construction and Development legal update is now available to download.
Content includes:
- A look at the government's latest proposals in its review of the Construction Act.
- A consideration of limitation and exclusion clauses.
- The operation of "pay when certified" clauses in PFI projects.
- Some recent judicial comments on global claims.
- Our usual adjudication update
In This Issue
In June 2007 a third consultation paper on proposed changes to the Construction Act was issued by the (then) DTI. If enacted, these proposals will affect us all. Consequently, and despite the possibility that the proposals may never be allowed sufficient parliamentary time to become legislation, we devote three articles to the proposed changes. Our leading article looks at the changes overall; another looks at the effect of insolvency on the payment notice provisions; and a third tackles the proposed outlawing of "pay when certified" clauses in the context of