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		<title>Consequences of failing to tick a box in costs management</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Bain, associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner:
I am always worried that failing to tick the correct box on a form could have dangerous consequences, but it is reassuring to see that the TCC does not view such an error as fatal, at least when it comes to revising an approved costs budget.
Since the introduction of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good faith in practice: a view from the top</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hannah Crockett, associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner:
I recently attended a topping out ceremony organised by a developer client. At the ceremony, I was extremely interested to hear the developer attribute the early completion of this particular superstructure to the spirit of good faith in which the parties had worked. Having drafted the JCT-based building contract between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FIDIC guidance on enforcing binding (but not final) DAB decisions: does it help?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Mellors, senior associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner:
The uncertainty surrounding how to enforce dispute adjudication board (DAB) decisions that are binding but not yet final is a favourite topic for debate amongst FIDIC practitioners. However, it is more than simply an academic point. Arbitral tribunals are repeatedly grappling with it and are broadly divided, adding to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penalty clauses: does the punishment fit the crime?</title>
		<link>http://construction.practicallaw.com/blog/construction/blp/?p=385</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melissa Moriarty, senior associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner:
I recently advised on the question of whether a liquidated damages clause was a penalty. My attention was drawn to the recent case of Cavendish Square Holdings BV and another v El Makdessi. You may not have come across this judgment, as it is not a construction case, and does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainy Sky revisited – common sense in the TCC</title>
		<link>http://construction.practicallaw.com/blog/construction/blp/?p=384</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Hughes-D&#8217;Aeth, partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner:
I am always nervous when contracts that I had a hand in drafting end up in the High Court. Thankfully it hasn&#8217;t happened too often, but when it does there is an inevitable frisson as I wonder what the judge will make of it. Will he agree that my drafting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovering costs under late payment legislation</title>
		<link>http://construction.practicallaw.com/blog/construction/blp/?p=383</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Berwin Leighton Paisner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Liddiard, principal solicitor at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP&#8217;s Managed Legal Service for Thames Water:
Have you ever been involved in negotiating a contract term that seemed eminently sensible, only to find that its application was rather more complex than initially supposed? Sometimes I feel that Parliamentary draftsmen must feel the same way, trying to draft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cost Management in the TCC: here today, gone tomorrow?</title>
		<link>http://construction.practicallaw.com/blog/construction/blp/?p=382</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claire McNamara, head of LDR know-how, Berwin Leighton Paisner:
My last blog on cost management was, I now appreciate, rather boldly titled &#8220;Cost management by the courts is here to stay&#8221;. I was writing in the context of the TCC but my thoughts were soon endorsed when the judiciary announced that the cost management regime would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making use of audit rights</title>
		<link>http://construction.practicallaw.com/blog/construction/blp/?p=380</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Terry de Souza, partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner:
With the increased use of &#8220;cost reimbursable&#8221; or &#8220;cost plus&#8221; contracts such as the IChemE Green Book and NEC3 option E, now is a good time to consider the employer&#8217;s right of audit in more detail.
The mere mention of &#8220;audit&#8221; often triggers a certain amount of eye-rolling even from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get what you want - delay analysis</title>
		<link>http://construction.practicallaw.com/blog/construction/blp/?p=378</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sally Kerridge, associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner:
In so far as there can be trends among construction lawyers, it is, &#8220;trendy&#8221; to question whether delay is an area of &#8220;expertise&#8221;. Whether or not you use the evocative term &#8220;expert&#8221; or stick to my preferred, &#8220;analyst&#8221;, it is interesting to explore why the area of delay evidence is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On-demand bonds or guarantees: clarity and commercial certainty at last?</title>
		<link>http://construction.practicallaw.com/blog/construction/blp/?p=376</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Dupay, associate, Berwin Leighton Paisner:
Our previous blog post considered whether JCT bonds were on-demand instruments or guarantees. The issue of bonds and guarantees came up again recently in a slightly different context. Our client asked us to advise on its demand for payment under a &#8220;performance bond&#8220;. The client explained that the performance bond [...]]]></description>
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