Going Green – Is it time to consider the use of climate clauses in construction contracts?
Ireland has committed to halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (as compared to 2018 figures) and reaching net zero
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Legal File
This much and no more? – Liquidated damages and capping damages for delay
Readers will be familiar with liquidated damages (“LDs”) as a mechanism for managing the risk of delay on a construction
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Arthur Cox – What is REPowerEU and what does it mean for the Built Environment?
As a consequence of the war in Ukraine, the EU has taken steps additional to ‘Fit for 55’ to reduce
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Arthur Cox – Speak my Language
ARE YOU TAXONOMY-ALIGNED? We recently looked at the EU’s “Fit for 55” package of legislative proposals, focusing on anticipated changes
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Arthur Cox – Where next on Energy Performance of Buildings?
The European Commission publishes the proposal for a Recast Directive. In December’s edition of Irish building magazine, we looked at
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Construction Law Update: Welcome Clarification on Liquidated Damages … and more! Olivia Abell, Associate, and Katrina Donnelly, Professional Support Lawyer.
Irish building magazine readers will be familiar with the advantages of using liquidated damages (“LDs”) as a mechanism for managing
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Resolving Construction disputes – What are the options and why is it important?
It happens frequently…parties spend weeks and months negotiating complex clauses in their construction contracts. The end is in sight but
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We’ve got it covered – or have we? Current Challenges in Professional Indemnity Cover
Maeve Crockett, Associate, Construction and Engineering, Arthur Cox outlines for Irish building magazine how having adequate and appropriate insurance in
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COVID-19: Next steps in Construction and Engineering
As the Government’s Roadmap to ease COVID-19 restrictions and reopen Ireland’s economy and society envisages a resumption of construction, engineering
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Liquidated Damages – So what’s New?
Everyone working in construction is familiar with mechanisms for managing delays to the works being carried out by the main
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