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Building Voices

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Building Voices is a new podcast series that focuses on the topical issues impacting dispute resolution and dispute management in the construction and infrastructure industries, as well as general developments across these sectors. The series is hosted by members of of our ICE Disputes Team (Frances Gordon-Weeks, Conor Rodgers, Jack Cranwell, Anne Thompson and Jane Fender-Allison) and features a range of guest speakers including internal CMS market-leading lawyers, as well as external Counsel and industry experts.

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Episode #4 - Disputes avoidance in the Construction and Infrastructure sectors – anticipating, preparing, protecting 21.06.2021 18:13

Podcast number 4 in the CMS ICE Disputes Building Voices podcast series is a whistle-stop tour of disputes avoidance issues in the construction and infrastructure sectors. Sarah Grenfell, a Partner in the ICE Disputes team, brings her many years of experience to consider key topics of discussion including: The importance of keeping records; Factors that are most likely to cause conflict on project...

Episode #3 - The times they are a-Changing - change of law clauses and agreements to agree 25.05.2021 15:53

In the third episode of the CMS ICE Disputes Building Voices podcast series we consider the recent TCC case of Westminster City Council v Sports and Leisure Management Ltd. The case concerns the interpretation of a change in law clause and the meaning of the phrase “reasonably agreed between the parties”. During this podcast we discuss the Court’s decision and the implications of the decision on o...

Episode #2 - What next for construction contractors in 2021? 29.04.2021 13:34

Following a turbulent year of pandemic restrictions and market uncertainty, in this second podcast in the Building Voices series, Frances Gordon-Weeks hosts a discussion focused on the key legal and commercial issues likely to impact contractors in 2021. Guests include industry experts from across CMS. The following topics are considered: The Fire Safety Bill and the key takeaways for those wor...

Episode #1 - Conflicts of interest – appointing experts from a global professional services firm 16.04.2021 9:44

In the first episode, Frances is joined by Adrian Bell, CMS Partner and Co-Head of the ICE Disputes team, to discuss the recent Secretariat Court of Appeal decision, and the issues that can arise when opposing parties try to appoint experts in the same global professional services firm. This issue frequently arises during technically complex cross-border construction disputes where it can often be...