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Building Voices is a new podcast series that focuses on the topical issues impacting dispute resolution and dispute management in the construction and infrastructure industries, as well as general developments across these sectors. The series is hosted by members of our ICE Disputes Team (Frances Gordon-Weeks, Conor Rodgers, Emma Hutchinson, Anne Thompson, Emily Newey and Jane Fender-Allison) and features a range of guest speakers including internal CMS market-leading lawyers, as well as external Counsel and industry experts.
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Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
In this episode, Anne Thompson and Emma Hutchinson review key cases on termination in 2022, focusing in particular on the JCT 2016 form of contract.
This episode gives guidance to employers to help them understand the risks and pitfalls that arise if they deviate from the contract wording on termination.
We cover:
- where and how to serve notices of termination
- who has to serve the notices
- when the notices have to be served
- what those notices should contain, and
- what happens if an employer gets a termination notice wrong
To read more about the decisions, please see links to the judgments below:
- Struthers & Anor v Davies (t/a Alistair Davies Building) & Anor [2022] EWHC 333 (TCC) accessible: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/TCC/2022/333.html
- Thomas Barnes & Sons Plc v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council [2022] EWHC 2598 (TCC) accessible: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/TCC/2022/2598.html
- Manor Co Living Ltd v RY Construction Ltd [2022] EWHC 2715 (TCC) accessible: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/TCC/2022/2715.html