Introduction

Welcome to the latest edition of Infra.Law.

In this edition of Infra.Law you will find a collection of articles on issues which affect our industry. This edition focuses on developments with the NEC suite of contracts. Melanie Hardingham discusses the NEC Competency Framework, Kate Knox and I review the NEC4 short form contract and the introduction of the new Option X29 clause which allows parties to address climate change requirements within their contracts. Finally, Chi Mount considers the differences between a JCT contract and NEC4 contract.

Elsewhere, we have commentary from Amelia Hamilton on the fast tracking of planning for nationally significant infrastructure, which includes updates following the latest UK budget and Carolyn Davies discusses the creation of the Skills for a Sustainable Skyline Taskforce. There are also articles by Andrew Keeley on termination for repudiatory breach and the case of AM Construction v The Darul Amaan Trust concerning payments in construction contracts. Finally, Andrew Robertson discusses the Law Commission’s review of the Arbitration Act.

I hope you find these articles of interest and welcome any feedback. If you have any queries or enquiries please feel free to contact me or your usual Charles Russell Speechlys contact.

Michael O’Connor Partner (Editor) Construction T: +44 (0)20 7427 6441 Michael.O’Connor@crsblaw.com