"RICS legal issues in construction – JCT contract"

January 2010

Simon Tolson, in a paper given to a recent RICS conference, discusses three key issues. First he sets out his view on the applicable English law on sustainable development. Second, he provides an update on payment law and construction contracts following the changes to the Housing Grants legislation. Finally, he considers key issues in relation to the JCT Standard Forms. These include looking at the 2009 revisions to the Standard Forms, dispelling common legal myths on “snagging”, reviewing the ongoing difficulties with sectionalisation, completion and time at large and finally looking at pinch points for the JCT Contracts in a recession.