Construction
Our construction experts have extensive experience in this industry, advising on both contentious and non-contentious matters relating to commercial and residential property. The team act for clients from a variety of sectors on a local and nationwide basis.
The team provides specialist advice and assistance in relation to any construction project including all aspects of commercial property, the contracts involved such as JCT, NEC and other standard form contracts plus bespoke contracts and ancillary documentation (collateral warranties, parent company guarantees, performance bonds, novation agreements and funding arrangements). We have a wide range of experience in advising owners, employers, developers, main contractors, sub-contractors, funders, architects, surveyors, agents and other construction professionals in relation to issues involving construction projects.
There are a number of complicated terms and acronyms in construction law that can be confusing, we have therefore created a useful glossary of all these terms here.
We act for clients in the construction sector in all areas of employment law, including preparing bespoke employment contracts and policies tailored to the unique needs in this arena; managing staff; advising on employment disputes, termination and recruitment; acting in employment tribunal litigation and immigration assistance.
With our comprehensive understanding of the sector, we swiftly navigate complex workplace matters to ensure, where possible, a swift, practical resolution is reached. Our experience in the sector means our solicitors give relevant, specialist, practical and up to the minute advice on situations in your business as they develop.
Our team advises both businesses within the construction industry, and those looking to engage with those businesses on projects and builds. We act and advise on a wide range of matters, including commercial agreements, supply contracts, Deeds of Appointment, Collateral Warranties, and formal construction contracts, with a particular focus on the JCT suite of contracts.
We aim to streamline as much of the process as we can, and to provide commercial advice especially to those less familiar or routinely involved in the industry. Our team appreciate that venturing into the world of construction can sometimes be a daunting task, and our teams main aim is to make that journey as easy and stress-free as possible.
Our Regulatory and Criminal Defence team provides advice and representation to businesses and individuals operating in the construction sector, for example those facing HSE, Trading Standards, DVSA, Police, HMRC, GLAA and Environment Agency investigations and prosecutions, or Coroner’s Investigations and Inquests in the event of fatalities.
In our experience, early intervention in construction disputes is often important to help avoid becoming tied up in lengthy litigation. This may be by way of advising on the meaning and effect of contractual clauses, identifying remedies and practical steps that can be taken or assisting with negotiating a resolution. The team's expertise includes providing assistance with:
- Contract disputes whether standard form contracts such as Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT), New Engineering Contracts (NEC), Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) or individually negotiated contracts
- Professional negligence disputes
- Disputes or issues regarding payments (including in connection with Pay Less Notices under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996)
- Defects disputes, including those asserted by way of set-off, counterclaim or abatement
- Delay and extensions of time claims
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) including mediation
- Adjudication, including under the Scheme for Construction Contracts
- Arbitration
- Court proceedings (including dealing with claims in the Technology and Construction Court).
- Regulatory matters, issues involving CDM Regulations and other prosecutions or investigations brought by the HSE, Trading Standards or other public bodies
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What our clients say
This Norwich-based team continues to impress and adds growing expertise in the construction industry to its existing corporate and commercial know-how.
We engaged Leathes Prior to help with an issue that had taken our previous appointment a long time to get any real traction on. We changed and got Leathes Prior involved who swiftly stepped in and brought to a quick conclusion getting us a result that we didn't think we would achieve. The most impressive aspect is that he picked up and understood the issue in an instant and thought up our strategy laying it out in simple terms and guided us through to the completion. We have already engaged his services on further historic issue that we have and are confident that he will achieve a similar outcome for us.
I am pleased with the outcome and would like to say thanks again to you and Mike for the professional and caring way you both managed my situation. I cannot think of any way the service you provided could have been improved. I would certainly be moved to use Leathes Prior for any legal service that I may require in the future.
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