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Building Law Reports – Part 9 [2020] now published

Part 9 of the Building Law Reports covers the following key judgments: Lane End Developments Construction Ltd v Kingsgate Civil […]

20th Nov 2020

Building Law Reports – Part 8 [2020] now published

Part 8 of the Building Law Reports covers the following key judgments: Empyreal Energy Ltd v Daylighting Power Ltd [2020] […]

20th Oct 2020

30 Oct 2020: Sir Robert Akenhead to give keynote at DRBF Connections Conference 2020

Sir Robert Akenhead will give the keynote address on “Prognosis of Construction Dispute Resolution in a Covid-19 World” at the […]

Building Law Reports – Part 7 [2020] now published

Part 7 of the Building Law Reports covers the following key judgments: Bresco Electrical Services Ltd v Michael J Lonsdale […]

16th Sep 2020

Building Law Reports – Part 6 [2020] now published

Part 6 of the Building Law Reports covers the following key judgments: Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group plc [2020] […]

28th Jul 2020

Building Law Reports – Part 5 [2020] now published

Part 5 of the Building Law Reports covers the following key judgments: PBS Energo AS v Bester Generacion UK Ltd […]

9th Jun 2020

The offsite trap: modular methods and contract law – Sir Robert Akenhead and David Johnson for Building Magazine

Sir Robert Akenhead, with assistance from David Johnson, considers the question: when are construction operations not ‘construction operations’ with modular […]

3rd Jun 2020

Building Law Reports – Part 4 [2020] now published

Part 4 of the Building Law Reports covers the following key judgments: Jalla and Others v Royal Dutch Shell plc […]

20th May 2020

Building Law Reports – Part 3 [2020] published

Part 3 of the Building Law Reports covers the following key judgments: Lejonvarn v Burgess and Another [2020] EWCA Civ […]

1st Apr 2020

Building Law Reports – Part 2 [2020] published

Part 2 of the Building Law Reports covers the following key judgments: Alstom Transport UK Ltd v Network Rail Infrastructure […]

1st Mar 2020

Building Law Reports – Part 1 [2020] published

Part 1 of the Building Law Reports covers the following key judgments: Manchikalapati and Others v Zurich Insurance plc and […]

1st Feb 2020

“Adjudication and insolvency” – Sir Robert Akenhead and Christopher Reid for Building Magazine

Sir Robert Akenhead, with assistance from Christopher Reid, considers the question: “How does a court decide whether to uphold an adjudication […]

31st Oct 2019

“A contract means what it says”: Sir Robert Akenhead and David Johnson for Building Magazine

Sir Robert Akenhead, with assistance from David Johnson, explains how a literal interpretation of wording sent a contractor’s argument off […]

29th Aug 2019

Members and door tenants of Atkin Chambers featured in Legal 500 International Arbitration Powerlist UK

Several members and door tenants of Atkin Chambers are featured in The Legal 500 International Arbitration Powerlist UK which showcases […]

9th Apr 2019

11 April 2019: “An Evening with Sir Robert Akenhead” at the CIArb (Singapore)

Sir Robert Akenhead will present to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in Singapore on Thursday 11 April on “Poacher Turned […]

“A matter of personality”: Sir Robert Akenhead and Christopher Reid for Building Magazine

Sir Robert Akenhead, with assistance from Christopher Reid, discusses to what extent may a company without legal representatives be treated […]

5th Mar 2019

Building Law Reports Part 10 [2018] is now published

The newly published Part 9 of the Building Law Reports covers the following key judgments: Bond v Mackay and Others […]

8th Jan 2019

Building Law Reports Part 9 [2018] is now published

Part 9 of the Building Law Reports has now been published. Edited by members and former members of Atkin Chambers, […]

29th Nov 2018

“A country manor house conspiracy”: Sir Robert Akenhead and Omar Eljadi for Building Magazine

Sir Robert Akenhead, with assistance from Omar Eljadi, discuss the case of Palmer Birch vs Michael Lloyd and Christopher Lloyd, […]

23rd Nov 2018

“Agreed in principle”: Sir Robert Akenhead and Christopher Reid for Building Magazine

Sir Robert Akenhead, with assistance from Christopher Reid, asks “when is a contract a contract? – is it when a […]

4th Sep 2018