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How to navigate pitfalls in major projects
23 Nov 2023
Delivering major construction projects has always been challenging. The current global climate will necessitate more of these projects, while at the same time making their delivery more difficult. Understanding and mitigating risks is therefore vital.
In a recent webinar, speakers from international law firm Womble Bond Dickinson's UK and US offices shared their valuable insights around identifying and circumnavigating current pitfalls in domestic and international projects.
In a recent webinar, speakers from international law firm Womble Bond Dickinson's UK and US offices shared their valuable insights around identifying and circumnavigating current pitfalls in domestic and international projects.
Supply chain disruption in Europe, UK and US: How businesses can mitigate risk
14 Aug 2023
A global business law firm assesses some of the drivers of supply chain disruption in the US and Europe and considers what businesses can do to mitigate the risks.
Fewer disputes in the construction sector, good news for the industry... surely?
28 Aug 2019
A recent study into the construction industry has identified a decline in the number of disputes progressing to formal dispute resolution ( DR) processes by almost 50%. A drop in contentious matters may appear good news for the industry because it suggests the parties are getting on better. The reality however is that parties are simply not pursuing more formal DR mechanisms as a means to resolve their differences: instead they are adopting early dispute avoidance strategies.
WBD recruits construction lawyer Lisa Dromgoole
07 Mar 2019
WBD has recruited a new Managing Associate, Lisa Dromgoole, to join its Construction team in Edinburgh.
WBD Construction Disputes Series: litigation in the TCC materials
03 Oct 2018
We are experts in all forms of dispute resolution - but we know that not all of our clients and contacts are familiar with any or all of these forms.
WBD Construction Disputes Series: arbitration materials
26 Sep 2018
We are experts in all forms of dispute resolution - but we know that not all of our clients and contacts are familiar with any or all of these forms.
Conflict or not? Adjudication and the insolvency rules
06 Aug 2018
From time to time the statutory rights available to parties to construction contracts appears to come into conflict with other sets of provisions that also claim to govern the same areas of dispute. Perhaps the best known such clash, between adjudication and the effect of insolvency, was that explored in the Scottish case of Melville Dundas Limited (in Receivership) v George Wimpey UK Limited in 2007. The recent decision in Michael J Lonsdale (Electrical) Limited v Bresco Electrical Services Limited (in Liquidation) provides another example.
Concurrent delay and the allocation of risk: Cyden with the contract
31 Jul 2018
Last year, North Midland Building Ltd v Cyden Homes Ltd provoked much discussion as to whether the prevention principle should take precedence over freedom of contract, in circumstances where parties had agreed on the allocation of the risk of concurrent delay.
Conference reveals that disruptive forces are reshaping dispute resolution processes
08 May 2018
Disruptive forces are reshaping dispute resolution processes. Businesses are being encouraged to think as radically as possible about harnessing such forces, through the use of technology, to generate both improved cost structures, and better client-focussed outcomes.
Making BIM better
09 Apr 2018
The Winfield Rock Report, prepared by May Winfield and Sarah Rock for the UK BIM Alliance, is subtitled "Overcoming the Legal and Contractual Barriers of BIM". It is a very welcome review of the present understanding of BIM legal and contractual issues among the legal community and those who instruct them. As such, I would recommend it to anyone interested in BIM, whether from a technical, contractual or legal aspect, as well as those who are instructing lawyers on projects that will utilise BIM Level 2. It is thorough, well-written and practical and aims to provide a way to assist the legal community in approaching the contractual issues raised by BIM at Level 2 in a constructive and collaborative way.
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