22 April 2010

Ted Lowery in a paper given at the latest Fenwick Elliott Construction Law Update Seminar held at Simpsons in the Strand, London considers the effect of the recent updates to CPR Part 35 (which deals with expert evidence) and looks to see what impact case law has had on the way in which experts give their evidence. These cases include Stallwood v David, Fitzpatrick Contractors v Tyco, Fitzroy Robinson Ltd v Mentmore Towers an and Edwards v Bruce & Hyslop (Brucast) Ltd. Finally, Ted looks at the recent challenges to expert immunity in the case of Jones v Kaney.

7 May 2010

Simon Tolson in an article first published in Building considers the crucial role judges can play in litigation, focussing on the decision of Mr Justice Coulson in the Brookfield v Mott MacDonald case

23 February 2010

Barry Hembling presented this paper, written by Simon Tolson at the RICS Sustainability Conference, in which he deals with the sustainability requirements for new build and re-fits contracts.

Simon Tolson comments on Planning Policy in regard to listed and historical buildings.

23 November 2009

Simon Tolson, in an article which formed part of a sustainability supplement in the Guardian, Sustainability and Innovative Construction, discusses the extent to which construction contracts are addressing sustainable development.

November 2009

Jeremy Glover, in a paper given at the latest Fenwick Elliott Capital Projects in the Education Sector Seminar, discusses the work being done by CODEP, in relation to the construction of a new learning and literary resource centre in Waterloo, Sierra Leone.