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URS v BDW - Supreme Court judgment coverage on i-law
The impact of section 135 of the Building Safety Act 2022 on construction litigation
The decision of the Supreme Court in URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21 is one of considerable significance for the construction industry. It was held that the duty of care which the defendant owed to the claimant extended to the cost of repairs which had been carried out by the claimant, notwithstanding the fact that the claimant was at the time under no legal obligation to carry out these repairs.
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URS Corporation Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21
Building safety - Professional negligence - Retrospectivity of Building Safety Act 2022, section 135 - Scope of Defective Premises Act 1972, section 1 - Scope of duty in tort - Accrual of contribution claims
BDW Trading Ltd ("BDW") is a major property developer, and for two of its high-rise residential developments (Capital East in London and Freemens Meadow in Leicester), BDW appointed URS Corporation Ltd to provide structural design services. Practical completion for those two developments occurred in or around March 2007 to December 2008.
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New editions of key Construction Law Library books available
Remedies in Construction Law, 3rd Edition

Remedies in Construction Law brings together various well-established strands of the law and considers practical remedies for breach of contract and tort in connection with construction projects.
The third edition brings the text up to date with significant new cases in respect of duress, force majeure and liquidated damages. It also features new content on retention clauses, remedies associated with Grenfell Tower type cladding, bonds and variation clauses
Written by Roger ter Haar and Camilla ter Haar.
The Law of Construction Disputes, 4th Edition

Updated throughout for this fourth edition, The Law of Construction Disputes maintains its position as a leading source of authoritative and detailed information on the whole area of construction law including contracts and their performance, third parties, pursuing claims and dispute resolution.
Written by Cyril Chern.
New issue of the International Construction Law Review available
ICLR Part 3 2025

Part 3 July 2025 brings together contributions that reflect the breadth of contemporary legal challenges in the built environment:
- Contracting with the Egyptian Public Sector by Kilian Bälz.
- Recent Developments and Emerging Trends in Greek Construction Law by Ioannis Vassardanis.
- Collaborative Contracting in the Built Environment: The Singapore Way by Associate Professor Gabriel Kor.
- The Unidroit Principles and FIDIC Construction Contracts by Christopher Seppälä.
- Ryan Turner's book review of The Law of Net Zero and Nature Positive.
- Overtaken by Events: What Delay Quantification Can Tell Us About Causality by Stuart Jones.
- Crossing the Channel in Good Faith: An Anglo-French Comparison for Construction Disputes by Anne-Sophie Goapper and Mathias Cheung.
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Construction law in 2024: key legal and industry developments
Our latest annual construction law review provides an overview of significant judicial and legislative developments from the past year, drawing out some of the notable patterns and objectives in the courts’ reasoning. This analysis, written by Mathias Cheung of Atkin Chambers, brings clarity to parties on the common legal issues encountered in the construction, infrastructure and energy industries, whether in the day-to-day management of projects in the UK and abroad, or in the context of prospective or ongoing disputes.