September 2021
CONTENTS
- Construction contracts: enforcement of debts due and mandatory alternative dispute resolution clauses
- Cost certainty for resolving building and construction disputes: extension to the BDT Adjudication Low Value Claim scheme
- Engineers’ corner: two recent cases provide reminder of potential liability for engineers issuing defective certificates
- Case in Brief: Falling out of fashion: estoppel prevents operation of time bar
- Liquidated damages and partial possession
- Construction dispute resolution in uncertain times
- Five trends as construction begin towards carbon neutrality
- Failure to obtain a building report results in reduction of damages for contributory negligence
- How much does one truly deserve?
- Do payment claims for retention money ‘fit’ with the standard terms of contract in New Zealand