Nouman Qadir MCIOB reviews a case where a contractor won a dispute over the validity of an agreement made over a popular instant messaging platform.

The case of John Sisk and Son Ltd v Capital & Centric (Rose) Ltd flags the importance to read a whole contract – and not just focus on the legal front-end. By Jane Hughes and Jessica Barnes.

A selection of readers’ comments about news and issues in the industry from across the CIOB community and social media.

The practice of adding clauses to increase the other contracting party’s obligations has serious and far-reaching implications, writes Samantha Peat.

This month’s contract clinic question comes from a contractor whose client is refusing to pay for work that’s been invoiced for. Aqeel Haque looks at what recourse is available

A new law in the kingdom has significant implications for construction contracts. Laywers from Mayer Brown explain the key points.

​JCT has announced the release of all contracts from the Design and Build Contract family as part of its 2024 Edition of contracts.

This month’s contract clinic question is from a client which has booted an underperforming contractor off a project – and wants to know what it should pay them. Aqeel Haque replies.

The question We’ve come to final account and the employer argues the amount due is substantially lower than our costs, so we need to prepare a claim. We’ve never been…

With the emergence of chatbots like ChatGPT, one construction manager asks our contract clinic if artificial intelligence could be used instead of lawyers for drafting construction contracts?

This month’s contract clinic question comes from a contractor who found some historically significant artefacts when excavating a site.

This month’s contract clinic comes from a contractor worried about the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol, which its client wishes to introduce on their contract.

With material prices rocketing, this month’s contract clinic question comes from a reader worried about how to price timber costs for a residential project tender.

This month’s contract clinic question comes from a contractor worried about a drone flying over their site.

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council has awarded Kier a £25m contract to build a net-zero carbon teaching block.

The thorny subject of concurrent delays is this month’s contract clinic question. Anthony Hayes provides the answer.

How can construction businesses minimise the risk of getting it wrong when grappling with payment mechanisms, asks Rowan Turrall?

Niamh Batterton and Sarah Wilson examine how to deal with inflation within construction contracts.