11/11/2024 2:03:24 PM Ooops! Inserted the wrong address? Does it matter? By Maples Teesdale I did chuckle to myself on my morning Uber Boat commute when I heard this story on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, which was that the...
9/19/2024 9:55:03 AM Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (or is it?) - termination of a building contract (Providence Building v. Hexagon Housing, 15 August 2024) By Maples Teesdale “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” sang Neil Sedaka (those born after 2000, please Google) which, according to the broadsheets and national...
1/11/2021 12:00:00 AM It seemed like a good idea at the time (terminating bad contracts) - Optimus Build v. Matthew Southall and Jade McManus By Maples Teesdale The latest episode of the 'Trump Show', otherwise known as the US presidency, has been an amusing but disturbing distraction from the...
7/13/2020 4:29:00 PM Claiming Default By Rosalind Cullis Service of time critical notices including court proceedings, whilst seemingly straightforward, is full of traps for the unwary. The...
3/25/2020 10:24:55 AM COVID-19 has "frustrated" my Building Contract. What a load of 'rubbishrix!' By Maples Teesdale The COVID-19 pandemic is causing all manner of problems for the Construction Sector, including whether sites can stay open or not. On the...
9/13/2018 12:00:00 AM "Ah, Mr Bond you are too late to save the world." "You forget the 'prevention' principle Blofeld", says Bond smoothly. By Maples Teesdale The news that the next James Bond film could be further delayed (the director having departed due to artistic differences) by the absence...