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The Construction Briefing – A Practical Law Podcast

The Construction Briefing – A Practical Law Podcast

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The Construction Briefing is an alternative way of learning about key developments in construction law, with the Practical Law editorial team discussing some of the wider issues those developments raise. To give feedback or suggest topics for future episodes, please contact us: https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Browse/Home/About/OurteamConstruction.2021 Economics Marketing Marketing & Sales
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  • The Construction Briefing podcast, episode 51: Building control collapse, BSR independence, "smash and grab" adjudication and NEC Digital
    Nov 26 2025

    This episode, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood from Practical Law Construction discuss the collapse of several building control firms (starts at 00.48) and the Building Safety Regulator's upcoming transition to independence (starts at 06.11), before moving on to examine the pitfalls of payment notices in the judgment Vision Construct Ltd v Gypcraft Drylining Contractors Ltd [2025] EWHC 2707 (TCC) (starts at 15.07). Finally, they wrap up the podcast with the launches of ICE's specialist adjudication scheme for "smash and grab" payment disputes (starts at 23.54) and NEC's new digital contracts service (starts at 29.37).

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    39 mins
  • The Construction Briefing podcast, ep 50: Grenfell Tower, Providence Building Services Ltd v Hexagon Housing Association Ltd and generative AI
    Oct 28 2025

    This episode, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood from Practical Law Construction start the discussion with the government's second progress report on the Grenfell Tower public inquiry recommendations (starts at 00.36) before moving on to the judgment in Construction Muzzy Ltd v Davis Construction (South East) Ltd [2025] EWHC 2258 (TCC) (starts at 18.46). They also highlight the latest news in the long-running litigation involving Providence Building Services Ltd and Hexagon Housing Association Ltd (starts at 24.08) before ending the podcast with a brief analysis of the judge's use of generative AI in Evans v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2025] UKFTT 1112 (TC) (starts at 40.00).

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    50 mins
  • The Construction Briefing podcast, ep 49: AI arbitrators, ANBs in adjudication, NISTA and building safety
    Oct 1 2025
    In their latest podcast, Michelle Rousell and Yassir Mahmood of Practical Law Construction discuss recent developments in building safety, including new building regulations coming into effect on 7 October 2025 (starts at 00.41) and Welsh developer remediation contracts (starts at 02.20). They also analyse the judgments in Clegg Food Projects Ltd v Prestige Car Direct Properties Ltd [2025] EWHC 2173 (TCC) (starts at 07.54) and RNJM Ltd v Purpose Social Homes Ltd [2025] EWHC 2224 (TCC) (starts at 19.10), before briefly mentioning NISTA (starts at 29.38) and the upcoming launch of an AI arbitrator for documents-only construction cases in the USA (starts at 33.13).
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    39 mins
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