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General

When will (and won’t) implied warranties expand the scope of works?

The New South Wales Court of Appeal confirms statutory warranties can expand a scope of works, but the bargain that has been agreed to...
General, Adjudication

Bought a house – got problems – no one wants to know?

As a homeowner, discovering structural defects in your home is the last thing you want and most wonder where to go from there in...
General

Assessing sums payable in the absence of a contract: Electrix Limited v The Fletcher Construction Company Limited [2020] NZHC 918

In a decision released on 6 May 2020, the High Court ordered The Fletcher Construction Company Limited to pay its subcontractor Electrix Limited about...
Adjudication

Case In-Brief: Hybrid contracts and the payment provisions of the Construction Act

The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1998 (the Act) applies to “construction operations”. Where a contract relates to both “construction operations” and non-construction...
Architecture Blueprint
General

Contractual appendices: ignore at your peril

Recently, a subcontractor in the UK was relieved of adverse ground conditions risk, despite contract amendments that sought to allocate that risk to the...
Queenstown Harbour
Arbitration

Cross Lease

Conflict Management

Neutral Evaluation Revisited

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