When considering UK construction standard form contracts, it has been clear to most users that the NEC suite contains a condition precedent or time-bar clause, whilst the JCT suite does not. Conditions precedent under the JCT suite Strictly speaking, that view has not been true since Walter Lilly v Mackay
Lawyers are coached into an ‘unnatural way of being’ (according to Elizabeth de Stadler of Novcon) which covers how they behave in meetings, how they interact with colleagues and clients and how they write – from emails to contracts. She says we need to unlearn those behaviours as they create
At the 2023 World Commerce and Contracting Summit, Elizabeth de Stadler from Novcon said: we should not lose sight of what we are actually here to do: which after all is to… help clients to form relationships and to define the rules of those relationships in a way that is
You and I both know that contracts (T&C, agreements, legal documents etc) in their traditional sense are not usable. They are drafted in a way which means understanding and use is reserved for experts or technicians in the law. They are written by lawyers for lawyers. But as Tessa Manuello
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