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The Construction Briefing – A Practical Law Podcast

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The Construction Briefing is an alternative way of learning about key developments in construction law, with the Practical Law editorial team discussing some of the wider issues those developments raise. To give feedback or suggest topics for future episodes, please contact us: https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Browse/Home/About/OurteamConstruction.

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Ep.8: Building safety, party walls and access to a neighbour's land 04.03.2022 42:10

In the eighth The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss a number of developments referred to in February's monthly bulletin . These include the latest building safety developments, with the Building Safety Bill moving on to its committee stage (after passing its second reading in the House of Lords), a House of Lords Library's rese...

Ep.7: Building safety and adjudication 17.02.2022 51:49

In the seventh The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction are joined by Matt Molloy of MCMS Ltd to discuss a number of developments referred to in January's monthly bulletin . These include the latest building safety developments, with more government guidance on EWS1 forms , developers being told to pay to replace unsafe cladding...

Ep.6: Professional negligence, adjudication and building safety 14.01.2022 44:34

In the sixth The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss a number of developments referred to in December's monthly bulletin . These include the Court of Appeal's judgment in Rushbond plc v The JS Design Partnership LLP [2021] EWCA Civ 1889 (which is a negligence case against an architect) and Changing Climates Ltd v Warmaway L...

Ep.5: Pre-action protocols, compulsory ADR and retentions 29.12.2021 39:25

In the fifth The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction take November's monthly bulletin and look at a number of developments. These include several case law developments (a refusal to enforce an adjudicator's decision on that basis that it was an abuse of process; a reminder that the courts will uphold a parties' tiered dispute resol...

Ep.4: Net zero, insolvency and building safety 12.11.2021 44:27

In the fourth The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction take October's monthly bulletin and look at the TCLP's Net zero toolkit (which includes new clauses and "high ambition versions" of existing clauses), the Court of Appeal's judgment in John Doyle Construction Ltd (In Liquidation) v Erith Contractors Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 1452 (which...

Ep.3: Payment notices, natural justice and severance 13.10.2021 45:55

In the third The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction take September's monthly bulletin and highlight some of the issues arising from two judgments, Downs Road Development LLP v Laxmanbhai Construction (UK) Ltd [2021] EWHC 2441 (TCC) and CC Construction Ltd v Mincione [2021] EWHC 2502 (TCC) . In both instances, HHJ Eyre QC held there...

Ep.2: Liquidated damages, contract administrators and PI insurance 22.09.2021 37:53

In the second The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction take August's monthly bulletin and highlight three developments of particular interest: the effect partial possession has on liquidated damages ( Eco World - Ballymore Embassy Gardens Co Ltd v Dobler UK Ltd [2021] EWHC 2207 (TCC) ), what happens to a payment application when the cont...

Ep.1: Building safety, construction contracts and Triple Point 10.08.2021 43:16

In the inaugural episode of The Construction Briefing podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction take July's monthly bulletin and highlight three developments of particular interest: the Building Safety Bill, whether a collateral warranty is a construction contract ( Toppan v Simply ) and recovering liquidated damages after a contract has been terminated ( Triple P...