Updated practice notes on the NEC3 suite of contracts

Practical Law UK Legal Update 8-617-6975 (Approx. 3 pages)

Updated practice notes on the NEC3 suite of contracts

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP and Practical Law Construction have reviewed and updated their practice notes on the NEC3 suite of contracts.

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP and Practical Law Construction have reviewed and updated the following practice notes on the NEC3 suite of contracts:

The updated notes highlight the increasing use of NEC3 contracts in practice and refer to:

The Transport for London (TfL) conflict avoidance panel (CAP) process (see Practice note, NEC3: disputes under options W1 and W2: TfL and its Conflict Avoidance Panel (CAP) and Blog post, Mind the CAP, TfL’s conflict avoidance panel).
RWE Npower Renewables Ltd v J N Bentley Ltd [2013] EWHC 978 (TCC) and Mears Ltd v Shoreline Housing Partnership Ltd [2015] EWHC 1396 (TCC) (see Legal updates, Declaration on what formed part of section in NEC3 dispute, Declaration on what formed part of section in NEC3 dispute upheld (Court of Appeal) and Estoppel where parties operated non-contractual pricing mechanism (TCC)).
The NEC for FM suite of contracts which is designed to support good practice in facilities management procurement in both the public and private sector (see Legal update, NEC for FM suite of contracts).

We are reviewing and updating our other practice notes on the NEC3 suite of contracts and we intend to publish these during the course of the next two months.

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Resource ID 8-617-6975

Published on 29-Jul-2015

Resource Type Legal update: archive

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