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Liquidated Damages Deconstructed

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Join a panel of speakers from 39 Essex Chambers over the course of two days as we take a look at recent developments in relation to Liquidated Damages (LDs).

LD clauses can provide a remedy that is predictable and certain. They can avoid the difficult, time-consuming and potentially expensive task of quantifying damages. But drafting an enforceable clause is not straightforward and when a dispute breaks out, it is not always clear whether such a clause will be upheld by Judges, Adjudicators and Arbitrators.

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Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts Podcast 9

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Restitution

In this episode, Paul Darling QC and Frederick Wilmot-Smith discuss Chapter 3: Restitution. The Chapter seeks to explain Restitution from First Principles. Paul and Fred discuss the recent developments which the Chapter captures and prospects for the next years. The discussion is wide-ranging, covers life at the Bar, as an academic and touches on being the son of the book’s General Editor Richard Wilmot-Smith QC.

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Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts Podcast 8

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Damages

In this episode, Paul Darling QC was joined by Ruth Keating to discuss Chapter 12 of the Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts on damages. In this podcast they cover:

  • The impact of the decisions of the Supreme Court in Morris Garner v One Step Support Limited and MT Højgaard A/S v E.ON Climate & Renewables UK Robin Rigg East Limited and another.
  • Recent developments in the law relating to damages and where the law on damages might be heading.

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The Manchester Lecture With ICES / CIArb

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I am very grateful to the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators for their invitation to join a host of experts for the next ‘Manchester lecture’. We will be discussing:

Build back better: what it means for surveying, commercial and legal matters.

Ticket prices when they become available will be: Members : £120, non-members : £150
The fee includes parking, light breakfast served on arrival, lunch and all refreshments.

The session attracts 6 hours CPD.

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Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts Podcast 7

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Litigation

In this episode, Paul Darling QC was joined by John Denis-Smith to discuss his chapter on litigation in Wilmot-Smith on Construction Contracts, looking at developments in the law relating to TCC practice, covering discussion in particular in respect of:

·  Early Neutral Evaluation and Court Settlement Process mediation

·  Disclosure and the Disclosure Pilot Scheme (the DPS)

·  Experts

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