Construction Law

Anglian Water has selected two Tier 1 joint ventures - Ferrovial Construction with MWH Treatment, and VolkerFitzpatrick with VolkerStevin Infrastructure - to deliver its new £1.5bn Major Projects Framework. The initial five-year arrangement, which includes extension options through to 2036, marks a significant shift away from traditional multi-contractor alliances toward ...

Public sector procurement body SCAPE has formally launched market engagement for its new £8.5bn Defence and Complex Environments Framework. Operating across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, the four-year framework will appoint up to six delivery partners across two major lots (£500m and £8bn) for high-security construction across defense estates and critica...

Property developer B&O Developers Ltd and its director Sanjay Swaminarayan have been fined at City of London Magistrates' Court after members of the public submitted photographs showing workers exposed to severe fall risks during hotel conversion works in King's Cross. An Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation revealed that roofing operatives worked without e...

The Technology and Construction Court (TCC) has refused an application for summary judgment to enforce a £340,000 adjudicator’s award after the claiming contractor entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) post-decision. Applying established judicial principles regarding insolvency and statutory adjudication, the court determined that enforcing an interim payment deci...

The Court of Appeal has handed down a landmark judgment clarifying the retroactive reach of Section 135 of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022). In a major ruling for the construction sector, the court confirmed that the extended 15-year limitation period applies directly to actions brought under Section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 (DPA), cementing the princip...