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The `without prejudice' rule means that any communications (oral or written) which are genuinely aimed at settling a dispute cannot be put before the courts in evidence should the negotiations fail.
01/11/11 Read More
After much deliberation and delay, the amendments to the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
("the HGCRA") come into force on 1st October 2011. These amendments are set out at Part 8 of the Local Democracy,
Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 ("the...
01/11/11 Read More
The Bribery Act 2010 (the "Act") came into force on 1st July 2011. The Act replaces the previous anti-bribery regime, which
had long been criticised for its various inadequacies in dealing with the complex bribery and corruption cases brought before
the courts in recent years. The Act provides a comprehensive scheme which addresses...
01/11/11 Read More
JCT Building Contracts
Tim Barwick and Paul Bradley have summarised the main changes to the JCT Revision 2 standard documents. Please click on the icon below to view / download this summary.
23/07/10 Read More
Since we issued the above summary of the proposals the bill received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009. Since then the LDEDC Act has been in further consultation and this has not yet finished, although the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will come into force on 1st April 2011 or (failing that) 1st October 2011. We will continue to monitor developments and provide further updates in due course.
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