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Construction focus: The unwritten rule
Emma Swan warns against the use of oral contracts in order to avoid uncertainty Parties may be unaware that their works do not constitute construction operations for the purposes of the Construction Act 1996 and therefore incorrectly believe that the statutory provisions apply to their contract. Written contracts are common in the construction industry due …
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- Globe Motors Inc v TRW Lucas Varity Electric Steering Limited [2016] EWCA Civ 396
- RCS Contractors Ltd v Conway [2017] EWHC 715 (TCC)
- Rock Advertising Ltd v MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 553; [2018] UKSC 24
- Stephen Hirst and Mountain Developments Company Limited and others v Michael Paul Dunbar and others [2022] EWHC 41 (TCC)
- Westfields Construction Ltd v Lewis [2013] EWHC 376 (TCC)
- ZVI Construction Co LLC v Notre Dame University (USA) [2016] EWHC 1924