Natural justice – reliance on unsolicited surrejoinder Construction Muzzy Ltd v Davis Construction (South East) Ltd EWHC 2258 (TCC) His Honour District Judge Baldwin (judgment 8 September 2025) Payment – can a payment notice serve as a pay less notice? Vision Construct Ltd v Gypcraft Drylining Contractors Ltd [2025] EWHC 2707 (TCC) Adrian Williamson KC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court (judgment 21 October 2025) Stay Providence Building Service Ltd v Hexagon Housing Association Ltd [2025] Mayor’s & City of London Court [M20CL073] HHJ Parfitt (judgment 22 September 2025)
Legislation
The ‘Act’ means the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, as amended by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 Pt 8. The ‘new’ provisions apply to contracts entered into on or after 1 October 2011. The Act applies to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The main regulations are contained in the Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 (the ‘Principal Regulations’). [1] They have been amended by the Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2011 [2] (the ‘new Regulations’). The new Regulations apply only to contracts for construction operations in England entered into on or after 1 October 2011. For earlier contracts, the Principal Regulations apply. Northern Ireland has its own scheme: the Scheme for Construction Contracts in Northern Ireland 1999, as amended by the Scheme for Construction Contracts in Northern Ireland (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012. The Northern Ireland Scheme is broadly similar to that in force in England and Wales. There are separate regulations for contracts for work in Scotland, applicable to contracts made on or after 1 November 2011. [3] The new Regulations apply only to contracts for work in Scotland entered into on or after this date. For earlier contracts, the Scheme for Construction Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 1998 [4] applies. There are new separate regulations for Wales, applicable to contracts for construction operations in Wales entered into on or after 1 October 2011. [5]
A reference to ‘the Scheme’ is to the Principal Regulations for England and Wales, or the Scheme for Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, as the context requires.
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