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What Adjudicators Actually Want from Expert Evidence in Construction Delay Claims

Expert evidence in construction delay claims can make or break a party's case. Considerable sums are spent producing it. Yet adjudicators regularly encounter reports...
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Is the Building Dispute Tribunal Right for Your Dispute? 

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Arbitration

Practice Note: Technology-Enabled Arbitration

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Practice Note: Use of Artificial Intelligence in Arbitration

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Arbitration

Resolve your commercial lease rent review dispute quickly and cost-effectively 

Unfortunately, rent review disputes are common, especially in the current economic climate. They are often stressful, time-consuming and expensive and may damage the ongoing...
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Adjudication

What adjudicators want! Tips for experts in construction contract delay claims

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A doctrine of “temporary disconformity”? Although intrigued, the Court of Appeal will not investigate further  

The New Zealand Court of Appeal (the Court) has declined a construction company’s application for leave to appeal a decision of the High Court....
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Leaky homes and neighbourly woes – water you worried about?

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Late-payers beware: the ice is thinner than you think…

The English Court of Appeal has clarified when termination for repeated late payment is triggered under a popular standard form construction contract – and...
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Limits of weathertightness resolution scheme tested in High Court case

In Body Corporate 355492 v The Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment [2024] NZHC 1422, the Body Corporate of Oak...
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Sense and violence: English courts reject offshore construction contractor’s $25 million indemnity insurance claim because its interpretation of the policy made no commercial sense and did violence to the language

In Technip v MedGulf, the English High Court and Court of Appeal dismissed a construction contractor’s $25 million (USD) indemnity insurance claim for damage...
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No aspect of the defective workmanship with which they were not involved – New Zealand High Court finds builder negligent

In Wilkins v 77 Degree Builders Limited, [1] the High Court assessed a claim by homeowners that a builder had negligently failed to...
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