Helena Payne

In the UK, disputes in the construction industry are rarely resolved through conciliation, with parties preferring recourse to adjudication, mediation, litigation or arbitration. However, a recent Australian case highlights that in other jurisdictions, the idea of conciliation is more prevalent. What is Conciliation?

Can a valid claim notice issued, on time, referring to one contractual basis, be relied upon where a claim is ultimately pursued on a different ground? In the first authoritative case to consider this issue, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal ruled that it could not. Many construction contracts specify that notices of claim must contain certain information and be submitted within a certain time frame, failing which a claim may be 'time barred'.

Helena Payne reviews Ella Hickson’s Swive, now playing at Shakespeare’s Globe in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Swive Sam Wanamaker Playhouse Shakespeare’s Globe London 4 Stars Book Now On the eve of a hotly contested and viciously fought general election, we settle into the warm rubic cube of the Sam Wanamaker playhouse; the chunky stage of gilded chipboard, an apt metaphor for Elizabeth I as a monarch.