UK

NEC Contracts: Programming, Project Management and Pricing – Have they stood the test of time?

Nicholas Gould

January 2015

A paper presented to the Annual Update of the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution, King’s College London, on 4th September 2014

Touching briefly on the Latham Report, Nicholas Gould’s paper then introduces the New Engineering Contract (NEC) generally, before focusing on the distinctive aspects of NEC3: project management, programming, pricing, compensation events and the time bar, assessing compensation and disputes.

The Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol: A retrospective analysis

November 2014

A paper presented at the Society of Construction Law International Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 20th September 2014

The SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol was published in 2002. Since then, it has attracted considerable interest from those involved in the construction industry, both in the UK and abroad. In this paper Julian Bailey considers the provisions of the Protocol, and how the Protocol has fared during the 12 years since its publication.

Termination: The Pitfalls

Andrew Robb, Jess Connors and Patrick Hennessey

October 2014

A paper presented to the Society of Construction Law at meetings in Southampton on 27th November 2013, Birmingham on 2nd April and Leeds on 11th September 2014

This substantial (40,000 word) paper looks at different aspects of termination of contract, covering termination of contract for fault at common law; contractual termination clauses, in particular the 2011 JCT standard form; the innocent party’s right to elect and remedies at common law. It includes an extensive look at the case law.