Legal

Is Brexit a cause of contract ‘frustration’?

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In February this year, the High Court issued a declaration that the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union would not frustrate the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) lease of its headquarters in Canary Wharf. The EMA had written to its landlord (which we’ll refer to as “CW”) notifying it that…

Technology: who is liable when things go wrong?

Kim fowler senior associate fladgate

The question of how to use technology on construction sites is arising more frequently, as is the issue of liability in respect of its use.

What is practical completion?

natalie pilagos taylor wessing

Practical completion is not simply a case of getting the job done, says Natalie Pilagos.