17 March 2010 Baxter Dunn & Gray CIOB INVERNESS SEMINAR – CONTRACT LAW THURSDAY 8 TH MARCH 2010

17 March 2010 Baxter Dunn & Gray RULES TACTICS AND MEANS OF REFEREEING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS GAME Douglas Fiddes Baxter Dunn & Gray Chartered Quantity Surveyors

17 March 2010 Baxter Dunn & Gray

17 March 2010 Baxter Dunn & Gray SUN TZU – The Art of War An ancient Chinese treatise on war stresses the importance of speed speed sound tactics sound tactics subterfuge subterfuge discipline discipline accurate intelligence accurate intelligence appropriate form of attack appropriate form of attack

17 March 2010 Baxter Dunn & Gray ARBITRATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2010 –Scottish Parliament passed November 2009 –Royal Assent 5 th January 2010 –In force March 2010 (?)

17 March 2010 Baxter Dunn & Gray Local democracy, economic development and construction act 2009 Oral contracts Oral contracts Adjudication – “slip-rule” Adjudication – “slip-rule” Adjudication – outlaws clauses making one party paying costs Adjudication – outlaws clauses making one party paying costs Payment Notices Payment Notices Pay less notices Pay less notices Conditional payments Conditional payments

17 March 2010 Baxter Dunn & Gray SUN TZU – The Art of War An ancient Chinese treatise on war stresses the importance of speed speed sound tactics sound tactics subterfuge subterfuge discipline discipline accurate intelligence accurate intelligence appropriate form of attack appropriate form of attack