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Energy crisis: food for thought on contract law

The current energy crisis is raising, as the pandemic did before it, important concerns regarding the management of contingencies in long-term contracts and is highlighting the inadequacy of existing regulatory relief in the face of global emergencies.

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Mitigating Legal Risk in Sustainability Reporting

In this article, we highlight the potential pitfalls for businesses in sustainability reporting and the need to ensure accurate and transparent reports, as and when a business is ready to share its sustainability journey with a wider audience.

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Adjudication benefits extended by Court of Appeal in important decision

In an important decision, the UK Court of Appeal has today overturned a High Court judgment that restricted the use of a quicker and cheaper means of resolving construction disputes.

The decision in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Limited v Simply Construct (UK) LLP, in which WFW’s construction team acted for Abbey, the successful appellant, will have significant implications for the construction and real estate industries as it confirms the benefits of adjudication as being more widely available.

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