19 Sep, 2024 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (or is it?) - termination of a building contract (Providence Building v. Hexagon Housing, 15 August 2024) By Michael Craik “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” sang Neil Sedaka (those born after 2000, please Google) which, according to the broadsheets and national...
03 Aug, 2023 The new JCT 2024 suite of contracts: little green persons delayed completion By Michael Craik So, all those conspiracy theorists were (and are) correct after all; little green persons and UAPs (formerly called UFOs) do exist. And...
15 Feb, 2023 Shropshire police save Easter and TCC judge saves an adjudicator's decision but the winner ends up paying the loser. How can that be? By Michael Craik Sudlows v. Global Switch Estates (21 December 2022) is another TCC case concerning the disputed right to enforce an adjudicator's...
30 Jan, 2023 How standards change. The same seems to be happening with the Employer's Agent/Contract Administrators. Is this a new trend? I hope not. By Michael Craik In one of my increasingly common Ed Reardon moments, I found myself nodding in approval when reading this piece from the Grauniad...
20 Jan, 2023 Can I have a flat white please? Construction contracts and the payment process - it is just a question of coffee cups. By Michael Craik Hi, while my coffee is being made I will remind you how the payment process under a 'construction contract' works by using the analogy of...
16 Nov, 2022 Adjudication Enforcement - arbitration agreement is no defence to paying £22.5m Northumbrian Water v. Doosan (1) Tilbury (2) By Michael Craik Love him (really?) or loathe him, ‘The Donald’ is an ingenious fellow who is never, it seems, prepared to admit he will lose or has lost...
28 Jun, 2022 Another court judgment on collateral warranties? Not another one! By Michael Craik Orchard Plaza Management Co Ltd v. Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Ltd (16 June 2022) Court judgments on collateral warranties are...
23 Jun, 2022 Collateral Warranties and Adjudication: What is all the fuss? Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Ltd v. Simply Construct (UK) LLP (21 June 2022) By Michael Craik The same day as ‘our brothers and sisters’ brought much of the nation’s railway system to a standstill, three Court of Appeal judges...
19 May, 2022 Smash & Grab is here to stay By Michael Craik Bexheat Limited v. Essex Services Group Limited[1] I read recently that lawyers (well, not all lawyers and not only lawyers) are...
12 Apr, 2022 Insolvency: Mr Benn’s ‘practical tips’ to manage the risk of contractor insolvency. By Michael Craik I was, in my younger days, an avid fan of the Mr Benn cartoon series, so I read the news of the recent death of its creator, David McKee,...
20 Dec, 2021 Construction (Retentions Abolition) Bill - "cash is king", so let's ban retentions By Michael Craik Farmdrop, the UK online grocery start-up, has ceased trading, having failed to raise enough cash. This is bad news for those customers...
06 Dec, 2021 Adjudication and abuse of process: what's the panic all about? G&D Brickwork v. Marbanks By Michael Craik What no snogging at the office Christmas party? And would the current Government really have breached its own lockdown rules by holding a...