Construction blog

• Lead consultant not liable for third party consultants

  Submitted: 16 July 2018

  In Midlothian v Bracewell Stirling Architects [2018] CSIH 21, a Scottish appeal court upheld a first instance decision that a lead consultant was not liable for work carried out by third party consultants appointed directly by a local authority.

  

• Court of Session holds Pay Less Notice not valid

  Submitted: 31 October 2017

  This blog post looks at the Muir Construction v Kapital Residential Ltd case. The Scottish Courts considered wording very similar to that required by the (amended) Housing Grants Construction & Regeneration Act 1996, and held that the Pay Less Notice was not valid because insufficient detail had been provided.