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Section 106 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (as amended) (“HGCRA”) states that the HGCRA does not apply to contracts where one party is a “residential occupier”, that is a person who lives in or intends to live in the…

Many construction contracts allow for interim or stage payments, and some of those also include a provision for a final account process. The final account process usually involves a gross claim by the payee subject to adjustments for items such as…

There was an audible sigh of relief in England at the start of this week as children went back to school. Learning and socialising with peer groups recommenced, and parents were relieved of the unenviable challenge of juggling childcare and work…

Collateral warranties are secondary contracts that provide an interested third party with contractual rights against the service provider to a primary contract. Under the collateral warranty, the third party is known as the beneficiary and the…