"Proposed Government Reforms to the Construction Act"

Jeremy Glover summarises the government's proposed changes to the Housing Grants Construction & Regeneration Act. The proposals include extending section 107 so that the adjudication legislation applies to oral and partly oral contracts and not just contracts evidenced in writing, and the introduction of greater clarity and transparency into the statutory payment framework. The government also intends to improve the statutory right to suspend performance by allowing the suspended party to claim the costs and delay which result from any valid suspension.