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ABI MODEL FORM OF GUARANTEE BOND
On 22 September, the Association of British Insurers published its model form of bond. On the same day, the NJCC re-published its Guidance Note 2 on Performance Bonds, in which the NJCC adopt the wording of the ABI model wording in cases where bonds..
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01 October 1995
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SUMMER QUIZ
The CILL
summer quiz (July/August edition) was won by Janet Heppell of Masons, to whom we offer our congratulations and a magnum of champagne. The correct answers were as follows:
1:
The Plaintiff in Ruxley v Forsyth. 2:
Ian Duncan Wallace QC...
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ORSA/ORBA PARTY
ORSA and ORB A are holding a joint party on Thursday 23 November. Tickets at £12.50 each, to include a couple of free drinks, a finger buffet supper and John Petters Roaring 20s Jazz Band to dance through the evening, are available from..
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01 October 1995
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SOCIETY OF CONSTRUCTION LAW
The Society of Construction Law has commended John McGuiness for his Hudson Prize paper, An Alternative Approach to Sub-Contract Arrangements following Pigott v Shepherd.
In this paper, Mr McGuiness characterises Pigott v Shepherd
as permitting..
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01 October 1995
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CONSTRUCTION ROUND TABLE COMMITMENT TO FAIR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
The Construction Round Table (“CRT”) has issued a standard form of “Declaration of Commitment of this Organisation to Fair Construction Contracts”, whereby the signatories declare their intention to give effect to a number of..
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01 October 1995
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UK REGISTER OF EXPERT WITNESSES
The UK Register of Expert Witnesses is now available on disc as well as in book form, listing over 2,000 expert witnesses recommended by their instructing solicitors. The subject index contains over 11,000 topics, comprehensibly cross-referenced...
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DL&E TENDER FORECAST
Davis Langdon & Everest have made a bullish forecast of tender prices, predicting a rise of between 4% and 7% in 1996, and an even bigger rise of between 7% and 10% in 1997. They believe that contractors are no longer prepared to chase turnover,..
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01 October 1995
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LETTERS
Dear Sir
Gable House v Halpern Partnership
We acted for Gable House Estates Limited (“GHE”) in the above litigation and read with interest your summary and commentary on the case in the Construction Industry Law Letter
July/August 1995..
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01 October 1995
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RISK, MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT IN CONSTRUCTION, Edited by John Uff QC and Martin Odams, Centre of Construction Law and Management, £35, 470pp
Robert Fenwick Elliott
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01 October 1995
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KEATING ON BUILDING CONTRACTS, SIXTH EDITION, Sir Anthony May, with Commentaries by John Uff QC and Adrian Williamson, price £150, 1201 pages
Robert Fenwick Elliott
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01 October 1995
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THE BUSINESS LIST OF THE CENTRAL LONDON COUNTY COURT – THE FIRST FEW MONTHS
It is now over six months since the High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction Order 1991 was amended to raise the guideline financial criterion for Central London Business Lists cases from £50,000 to £200,000. What effect has the change..
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01 October 1995
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DUTY OF AN ARCHITECT TO ADVISE AS TO FINANCIAL ACCEPTABILITY OF TENDERERS – MEASURE OF DAMAGES FOLLOWING NEGLIGENT RECOMMENDATION OF CONTRACTOR – NO BREAK IN CHAIN OF CAUSATION – DAMAGES FOR PHYSICAL INCONVENIENCE AND DISCOMFORT
Partridge v Morris
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01 October 1995
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FIRE – NO COMMON LAW DUTY OF CARE TO AVOID DAMAGE TO PROPERTY – BUILDING ACT 1994
Tesco Stores Limited v Wards Construction (Investment) Limited and Others
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01 October 1995
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MEANING OF “TIME RELATED COSTS” – STRICT CONSTRUCTION OF A CLAUSE LIMITING LIABILITY – DISTINCTION BETWEEN LATE PERFORMANCE AND NON-PERFORMANCE
Bovis Construction (Scotland) Limited v Whatlings Construction Limited
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01 October 1995
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
We report in this month’s edition the judgment in Partidge v Morris
, this being one of the first building cases which has applied the Court of Appeal decision, handed down in February this year, in Banque Bruxelles Lambert v Eagle Star..
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01 October 1995
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