Welcome to the spring edition of Construction and Engineering Matters, where we provide you with bite-sized updates on UK construction and engineering issues.

This spring edition includes:

  • Is Less Really More – Can a late Payment Notice Be a Pay Less Notice (and Other Creative Defences)? Vision Construct Ltd v Gypcraft Drylining Contractors Ltd

  • High Court Provides Guidance on When a Party in an Unincorporated Joint Venture Can Adjudicate

  • Adjudication’s Expanding Empire?

  • Non-party Costs Orders and Construction Litigation Funding: Lessons from Thomas Barnes & Sons PLC (in administration) v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

  • The Lesser of Two Evils: Finality on Termination Provisions – Providence Building Services Limited (Respondent) v. Hexagon Housing Association Limited (Appellant)

  • Expert Corner: The Dark Arts of Delay Analysis: Insights from an Industry Expert