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Insights from beyond construction: collaboration - the Honda experience

Richard Bayfield and Paul Roberts
September 2004
A paper presented to the Society of Construction Law in Oxford on 15th June 2004

The paper takes as a case study the construction of a new European care plant at Swindon for Honda of the UK (Manufacturing) Ltd.  The authors explain in some detail Honda's philosophy and collaborative approach to construction, and the impressive results achieved.  The paper also seeks to answer the question: 'T

The Future of Adjudication

Her Honour Judge Frances Kirkham

September 2004

A paper based on a speech given to the Society of Construction Law in London on 27th February 2004

In this speech, given on the occasion of the Society's Annual Lunch at the Brewery Chiswell Street London in February 2004, Judge Kirkham takes a thoughtful look at adjudication as it was initially envisaged, as it is practised some five years later, and how it might be adapted in the future.  In particular she questions the use of the current procedure for post completion disputes. 

The PIX Protocol: A risk reduction tool for construction projects

Peter W Goodwin

May 2004

A paper given to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law in London on 6th April 2004

The paper sets out a case for the development and adoption of a Project Information eXchange (PIX) Protocol (a set of rules, agreed and committed to by the client and project team, defining how information is to be exchanged on a project) as a tool for risk management on construction projects. It also describes the Protocol Guide & Toolkit (guidance notes, forms and checklists) that have been developed.

The Architect, the Banker, his Wife and the Adjudicator: Unfair contract terms and construction

Philip Britton
May 2004
A paper based on the first prize entry in the Hudson Prize Competition 2003 presented to the Society of Construction Law in London on 4th May 2004

In his prize winning paper, Philip Britton looks at the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, the Unfair Terms In Consumer Contracts Regulations 1994, recent cases from the Technology and Construction Courts, and the Law Commission Consultation Paper 2002 in the con

Ethics and construction law: Where to start?

His Honour Judge Anthony Thornton QC

April 2004

A paper given to a meeting of the Society of Construction Law and the Technology and Construction Bar Association in London on 2nd December 2003

The author sketches out some of the key considerations that would need to be taken into account in formulating a code of ethical conduct defining ethical standards that all construction professionals should be expected to observe.He considers who is to be covered by the code, what activities are to be covered and the objectives and form of that code.