All articles by James Bessey 鈥� Page 3

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    Ahead of its time

    2001-03-30T00:00:00Z

    James Bessey - says PPC2000 is fine, but English law just isn't ready for it yet, while on page 54 David Mosey, who drafted the heads of terms for the contract, defends his creation

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    Tangled web we weave

    2001-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Who'd be an adjudicator right now? Recent conflicting judgments on the impact of human rights legislation leaves them operating in a most uncomfortable framework.

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    Last chances

    2000-11-17T00:00:00Z

    Parties often have a time limit to raise objections after a certificate has been issued. But they also have the right to call for an adjudicator at any time. So, can they or can't they?

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    The price of freedom

    2000-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Adjudication may be a right, but that doesn t stop firms from adding clauses to deter people from exercising it which makes the Construction Act more costly to run than it need be.

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    Back to Latham

    2000-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Adjudication seems to be failing in one of its key objectives: to improve site relations. Perhaps this is because one of its key uses, set out in the Latham report, is being ignored.

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    Adjudication’s added value

    2000-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Arguments about whether there is a contract can be more expensive to resolve than the argument about whatever the argument’s about. But adjudication is set to change all that.

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    Asking for trouble

    2000-03-03T00:00:00Z

    This is the story of a company that went to adjudication and ended up with exactly what it said it wanted in its referral notice – and no more.

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    Do you really want to know?

    2000-02-04T00:00:00Z

    If you lose an adjudication, do you want to know why you lost? If you do, you have to agree to it before you get into the contract. Here are some things you should be aware of.

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    Legal advice from the client

    1999-11-05T00:00:00Z

    The rules on costs introduced by Lord Woolf s Civil Procedure Rules mean that there are some aspects of the law in which the client may find itself advising its lawyers.

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    ADR: a costly alternative?

    1999-09-03T00:00:00Z

    New rules encourage negotiation as an alternative to litigation to solve contractual disputes, but uncertainty about recovering costs is hampering take-up of it.

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    Counting the cost of Woolf

    1999-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Recent changes in English court practice mean that the winner of an action should no longer assume it will be able to recover its costs.