Gordons LLP – Construction Newsletter – Spring 2011

Friday 11th March 2011

Please find below the Spring 2011 Newsletter from the Construction Law team at Gordons. In this issue we discuss the impact that the William Hare Ltd v Shepherd Construction (2010) case has had on “Pay when Paid” clauses; practical steps that can be taken to reduce the impact of the Bribery Act 2010; the importance of pre-contract discussions when negotiating and entering into guarantees and case law update concerning pre-contract email exchanges.

There is also a summary of what happened at our recent construction quiz and we look forward to our sixth annual construction update seminar which takes place on Thursday 17 March 2011.

We hope you find this newsletter interesting, please do not hesitate to contact any member of our construction law team if you have any queries.