| 1 | Assignment and novation of construction documents An overview of the assignment and novation of construction documents, which provides examples of assignment and novation in property development documents. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Collateral warranties and third party rights on construction ... A quick guide to construction collateral warranties and third party rights aimed at those seeking to understand collateral warranties and third party rights for the first time. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Collateral warranties on construction projects An overview of construction and engineering collateral warranties, which are used to create a contract between a party who (for example) funds, buys or rents a property and a party who designed or built that property. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Collateral warranties or third party rights: construction ... A diagram and note about collateral warranties or third party rights granted on a typical project procured using construction management. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Collateral warranties or third party rights: design and build ... A diagram and note about collateral warranties or third party rights granted on a typical project procured using design and build procurement. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Collateral warranties or third party rights: management ... A diagram and note about collateral warranties or third party rights granted on a typical project procured using management contracting. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 7 | Collateral warranties or third party rights: traditional ... A diagram and note about collateral warranties or third party rights granted on a typical project procured using traditional procurement, including practical advice on managing collateral warranties and third party rights on a construction project. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 8 | Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 and the ... The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (Third Party Rights Act 1999) can be used to give a non-party to a contract a right to enforce some terms of the contract. The use of the Third Party Rights Act 1999 to give third party rights is well-known in the construction and engineering industry. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 9 | Third party rights on construction projects An overview of third party rights on a construction or engineering project: What they are. Who they may be given to. How they are given. What rights the parties to a construction document may commonly grant. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 10 | Assignment of construction documents A note of practical issues affecting the assignment of construction documents, such as the assignment of a suite of collateral warranties to a subsequent tenant or the assignment of a suite of professional appointments and a building contract to a purchaser. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Copyright licences in construction documents This note provides guidance on copyright licences in construction projects, particularly in the commercial property development sector. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | JCT Contractor Collateral Warranties: What changed in the ... A note on the changes made by the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) in its 2009 revisions to the Contractor Collateral Warranty for a Funder (CWa/F) and the Contractor Collateral Warranty for a Purchaser or Tenant (CWa/P&T). Note: In September 2011, the JCT published the 2011 editions of its collateral warranties. We have updated this note to refer to that publication, and will no longer maintain this note. | Practice notes | 27-Sep-2011 |
| 13 | JCT forms of collateral warranty A note on the JCT Contractor Collateral Warranties, referring to the 2005 editions (incorporating the changes made by the JCT's 2009 Revisions) and the 2011 editions of the collateral warranties in favour of a Funder and a Purchaser or Tenant, known as CWa/FCWa/P&T. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Net contribution: should a construction document include a net ... A practice note considering some of the arguments for and against including a net contribution clause in a collateral warranty, professional appointment or other construction document. The note also considers some possible alternatives to including a net contribution clause. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Net contribution: what is a net contribution clause? An overview of what a net contribution clause is, giving examples of the effect a net contribution clause has on a party's liabilities under a construction document (including a collateral warranty or professional appointment). The note also explains the "fair shares" clause, contrasting it with a net contribution clause. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | No loss and assignment: the development of the common law ... A note outlining the development of the common law on the no loss defence, or the defence that an assignor may not recover more than the assignee, in the context of construction and engineering cases. These cases are sometimes said to refer to a possible "black hole". | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | No loss argument in construction claims: what it is and how to ... A note considering the "no loss" argument in the construction and engineering context, including whether a party's claims can disappear in a "black hole". | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Novation of construction documents A note on using novation on construction projects (including in design and build procurement) and the practical issues affecting the novation of construction documents (including the practical effect of Blyth & Blyth Limited v Carillion Construction Limited (2001), 79 Con LR 142). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Professional appointments: collateral warranties and third ... This note gives guidance on the use of collateral warranties and third party rights in professional appointments. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | Third party rights on construction projects: drafting issues Drafting third party rights for inclusion in a bespoke construction document, using the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (Third Party Rights Act 1999), requires a different drafting approach compared to drafting collateral warranties. This note considers some of the practical aspects of that approach and ways of avoiding some of the pitfalls of using the Third Party Rights Act 1999. | Practice notes | Maintained |