"Procurement and Supply Contracts in the Construction Industry"

6 December 2007

Simon Tolson, in a paper given at the Procurement in Construction Law Conference organised by Butterworths, discusses the various procurement and tendering options available on construction projects. He sets out some of the potential traps for the unwary and provides practical advice on the best ways to avoid those traps. Amongst the issues Simon considers are the difference between a tender and an estimate, problems with traditional tendering processes, good faith in tendering, and the impact of EU legislation.

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"NEC3: Early Warning and Compensation Events"

January 2007

Nicholas Gould, in a paper prepared for clients, sets out how the NEC form of contract deals with compensation events. The article includes discussion of early warning and notice procedures.

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"Partnering - threats and opportunities"

12 October 2004

Dr Julian Critchlow, in a paper given at the Fenwick Elliott seminar Capital Projects in the Education Sector, explores the relationship between partnering and the contractual structure of a project and provides some examples of successful partnering case histories.

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"Tendering? Know your contract!"

November 2009

David Bebb, in paper given at the first Fenwick Elliott Procurement Update Seminar, reviews some of the important changes made by the JCT in revision 2 to the 2005 Standard Contracts, looks at some of the less well-known clauses in the GC/Works Contracts and also discusses the effect of some of the common amendments to the Standard Form Contracts.

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"Framework Agreements : Practice and Pitfalls"

22 May 2008

Jeremy Glover, in a paper given at the Construction Law 2008 conference organised by Butterworths, held at Holborn Bars, London, discusses the purpose and workings of framework agreements with particular reference to the JCT and NEC3 standard forms. The paper also considers the impact of the EU procurement rules

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"Design Liability, Defective Buildings and Remedies at Law 2007"

12 September 2007

Simon Tolson, in a paper given to the IBC Construction Law Summer School held at Queen’s College, Cambridge, analyses the subjects of design risk, responsibility for design, redress when it all goes wrong and the court’s approach to the assessment of damages.  In addition, he considers questions of design liability under the JCT 05, JCT Major Projects Form and NEC3 Contracts.

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