Construction blog

• Technology in Construction: Drones

  Submitted: 06 June 2019

  In this second instalment of our Technology in Construction series, we look at the use of drones in the construction industry and the potential legal and insurance issues arising out of their use.

  

• The Murphy rule stands; there is no exemption - pure economic losses are not recoverable in tort

  Submitted: 21 May 2019

  We explore the decision in Thomas and Thomas v Taylor Wimpey and others [2019] EWHC 1134 (TCC), which considers whether there is a qualification to the principle of non-recoverability of pure economic losses.

  

• Government to fund replacement of cladding on privately-owned high-rise residential blocks

  Submitted: 14 May 2019

  The Government has announced that it will establish a £200m fund for the replacement of ACM cladding on privately-owned high-rise residential properties.

  

• Technology in Construction: the use of 3D printing

  Submitted: 30 April 2019

  In this first instalment of our Technology in Construction series, we look at 3D printing and the potential legal and insurance related issues arising out of its use.

  

• Government ban of materials rated less fire resistant than A2-s1, d0 in external wall build-ups - what is the likely impact on the construction industry?

  Submitted: 03 December 2018

  Following its consultation proposing a ban on the use of materials that do not meet class A1 or A2 from use in external walls that are 18 meters or over, on 29 November 2018 the Government issued its response. The majority of respondents to the consultation (69%) submitted that combustible materials in cladding systems should be banned. Our review comments on the impact of the proposed ban on the construction industry.

  

• 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.

  

• Project monitors - duty, causation and contributory negligence

  Submitted: 28 March 2018

  In this blog post, we consider the decision in Lloyds Bank Plc v McBains Cooper Consulting Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 452.

  

• Scope of notification of circumstances under a professional indemnity policy

  Submitted: 08 February 2018

  This blog post looks at the case of Euro Pools v Royal Sun Alliance. Tricky questions can arise around the scope of an insured’s notification of “circumstances” under claims-made policies, particularly in the context of an ongoing investigation and evolving facts.