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Legal Update | Controlling costs

|Date: 02 Feb 2022

Legal Update | Controlling costs

Alexander Jullienne, Collyer Bristow, examines how to get on top of fluctuating material and labour costs ...

Alexander Jullienne, Collyer Bristow, examines how to get on top of fluctuating material and labour costs. Housebuilders and developers are continuing to feel the impact of shortages of materials and ...

02 Feb 2022
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Status of construction industry contractors questioned by Tribunal ruling

|Date: 10 Mar 2020

Status of construction industry contractors questioned by Tribunal ruling

An Employment Tribunal has thrown into question the status of construction industry contractors in a ruli ...

An Employment Tribunal has thrown into question the status of construction industry contractors in a ruling finding that two contractors were in fact employees and should be afforded the protections o ...

10 Mar 2020
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Legal Update | Is developing on the up?

|Date: 27 Nov 2019

Legal Update | Is developing on the up?

Lauren McQue, Collyer Bristow, explores some of the issues to be aware of when building above existing bu ...

Lauren McQue, Collyer Bristow, explores some of the issues to be aware of when building above existing buildings. In a controversial move, the government has proposed a relaxation to permitted develop ...

27 Nov 2019
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Restrictive covenants

|Date: 06 Jun 2019

Restrictive covenants

Emily Lam, Collyer Bristow, explains how to manage and overcome restrictive covenants on development site ...

Emily Lam, Collyer Bristow, explains how to manage and overcome restrictive covenants on development sites. ...

06 Jun 2019
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The National Minimum Wage

|Date: 09 May 2019

The National Minimum Wage

Tania Goodman, Partner at Collyer Bristow, looks into what housebuilders need to know about the National ...

Tania Goodman, Partner at Collyer Bristow, looks into what housebuilders need to know about the National Minimum Wage. ...

09 May 2019
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Expert Update | Legal: Down tools to dig

|Date: 05 Apr 2019

Expert Update | Legal: Down tools to dig

The failure to consider the likelihood of archaeological remains adequately in the early stages of a deve ...

The failure to consider the likelihood of archaeological remains adequately in the early stages of a development can prove costly, resulting in expensive delays and additional costs, as Catrin Rees, C ...

05 Apr 2019
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Legal Update | Tensions over retentions

|Date: 03 Dec 2018

Legal Update | Tensions over retentions

Catrin Rees, Collyer Bristow, looks at retentions and highlights some of the issues of which to be aware. ...

Catrin Rees, Collyer Bristow, looks at retentions and highlights some of the issues of which to be aware. ...

03 Dec 2018
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Legal Update | Corporate bribery

|Date: 19 Nov 2018

Legal Update | Corporate bribery

Catrin Rees from Collyer Bristow outlines what housebuilders need to know about corporate bribery. Corpor ...

Catrin Rees from Collyer Bristow outlines what housebuilders need to know about corporate bribery. Corporate hospitality is often a grey area. Many do not consider hospitality bribery or attempt to le ...

19 Nov 2018
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What can go wrong when commissioning bespoke finishings for a new property?

|Date: 11 Jun 2018

What can go wrong when commissioning bespoke finishings for a new property?

Catrin Rees from Collyer Bristow asks, ‘What can possibly go wrong?’ when commissioning bespoke fittings ...

Catrin Rees from Collyer Bristow asks, ‘What can possibly go wrong?’ when commissioning bespoke fittings and finishings for a new property. Bespoke fittings and finishings obviously come with a premiu ...

11 Jun 2018
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