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  • 09 May 2019
  • Construction

Adjudication procured by fraud – how does the court deal with that?

A good chunk of the TCC’s business concerns the enforcement of arbitration awards. It is well known that there are very limited circumstances in which it will refuse to do so. One such ground is where the adjudication award was procured by fraud and we reported last year on the unsuccessful attempt in Gosvenor v Aygun.

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  • 08 May 2019
  • Construction

Effect of the notice of making good defects under a JCT contract

Both standard and bespoke forms of construction contract typically require the contract administrator to issue a notice.

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  • 02 May 2019
  • Employment

The importance of workplace culture

“Culture is the sum of a company’s values, traditions, beliefs, interactions, behaviours and attitudes” according to the co-founder of communications platform Speakap the company responsible for a new survey on the importance of workplace culture.

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  • 23 April 2019
  • Commercial Real Estate

Vary service charge provisions in a lease

Section 35 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (LTA 1987) (as amended by the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002), provides that a party to a long lease may apply to the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT) to vary the lease on the grounds that the lease fails to make “satisfactory” provision in respect of one of the circumstances specified in section 35(4), LTA 1987.

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  • 12 April 2019
  • Privacy and Data Protection

Is this AI step too far?

It has been revealed that hundreds of UK business are using AI to monitor staff activity. Is this an innovative way to analyse productivity or a stressful scrutinisation of individuals’ activity?

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  • 11 April 2019
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

Court of Appeal guidance on Practical Completion

The Court of Appeal has provided useful guidance on the meaning of Practical Completion in Mears v Costplan (2019). We wrote about the first instance decision in this case in our previous article available here.