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KNOWLEDGE & INSIGHTS

Expert perspectives on the latest developments across our sectors and services.
Briefing
BREXIT: next steps for out – how will this affect your business?
The UK has made its choice and is to leave the European Union.
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Briefing
Construction COVID-19 Bulletin – April 2020
A COVID-19 Legal Toolkit for the Construction Industry. In the first of several bulletins, HFW advises how the construction industry can safely navigate the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Briefing
A Covid-19 Legal Toolkit for the Construction Industry – Force Majeure & Change in Law
In this briefing, HFW covers how the Covid-19 Pandemic may give time and/or cost relief under construction contracts, either as Force Majeure or a Change in Law.
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Briefing
COVID-19 and variations
The COVID-19 crisis has often required contractors to change the way they are working on site, resulting in significant extra costs. The contract provision people normally focus on to begin with is Force Majeure, which we have considered in an earlier briefing. This briefing looks instead at the right to compensation under the variations clause and also the related subject of Change in Law.
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Briefing
A COVID-19 Legal Toolkit for the Construction Industry: Termination and Suspension
For the past 4–5 months, COVID-19 has forced construction sites around the globe to close or comply with new and changing guidelines as governments an
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Briefing
Wind farm design risk: landmark decision, May 2015
In April 2014 the English courts issued a judgment in the case Højgaard v. E….
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Publication
Construction Contract Variations
This important new book on one of the key topics in construction law covers the subject in significantly more depth than any other text and is set to
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