Construction Law Quarterly

Stuart Ross, Director, Arup

Welcome to the fourth edition of Construction Law Quarterly for 2023. We have a bumper edition with a diverse range of papers reflecting both topical issues and the broader challenges being faced in the construction law sphere.

Our first paper from the team at Gowling WLG focuses on a Court of Appeal decision that relates to construction insurance. The authors describe a recent case where the Court of Appeal dismissed a contractor’s attempts to rely on what is known as a ‘co-insurance defence.’ The Court found that the contractor was not insured under the project policy...