Key themes from the R3 summit on smart contract templates
Adrian Shedden reports on the challenges and opportunities discussed at the roundtable summit on smart contract templates, which Burges Salmon Fintech was invited to in June.
31 August 2016
James Thornton v HMRC: distinction between income and capital receipts for lease surrenders
The First Tier Tribunal finds that settlement monies paid by a tenant to exit a lease are capital receipts for repairing damage to property and not income payments for loss of rent.
20 December 2016
Enforcement of Adjudicator’s decision – how to lose on a technicality
A summary and analysis of Lane End Developments Construction Ltd v Kingstone Civil Engineering Ltd (2020) EWHC 2338 (TCC)
19 October 2020
Herons Court v Heronslea Ltd and Zagora Management v Zurich: Approved Inspector liability
The extent to which Approved Inspectors are held responsible for defective buildings has been the topic of two recent TCC judgments
07 August 2019
Market Abuse Regulation
AIM Companies will be subject to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) with effect from 3 July 2016. MAR introduces a number of significant changes for companies admitted to trading on AIM.
16 June 2016
ISPs should not pay to implement website-blocking injunctions
The Supreme Court has overturned earlier decisions in Cartier v British Telecoms & others, finding that ISPs should not have to bear costs of implementing website-blocking injunctions.
27 June 2018
Construction materials shortage & climate change: trade at loggerheads over timber supply
Timber supplies are experiencing shortages in many global markets – with surging demand, logistics and climate change all said to be contributing. Is this an issue for longer term decarbonisation?
03 September 2021
Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and Net Zero
Will the attitudes to zero carbon be the burning platform that push developers to embrace MMC?
21 April 2020
Master trust pension schemes face onerous process to obtain authorisation to operate
Existing master trust schemes, as well as new ones, will need authorisation from the Pensions Regulator in order to operate from April 2019.
11 December 2017
Looking ahead - the key construction finance trends all lenders need to be aware of in 2022
In this article we discuss the five hot topics that should be at the forefront of lenders’ minds this year
20 January 2022
Off-site manufacturing – a tool for ‘levelling up’
In this article we highlight how development creates jobs for a broader demographic
10 November 2021
Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030 - data sharing and green delivery
Construction and Infrastructure must collect and share data on whole life asset performance. Collaboration around common standards is the key focus
04 November 2021