Topical Issues List

Listed below are all the Topical Issues prepared by the Confederation to date.

Single copies are available free of charge. A price will be negotiated for multiple copies.

Topical Issue Name	Topical Issue Number
Must Sub Contracts be Signed?	1
Contractual Implication of Strikes	2
Sett-Off Safeguards	3
Performance Bonds	4
Discount	5
Delayed Payment	6
Liability for Negligence: How Long?	7
Cashless Pay	8
Contractual Correspondance by Post	9
Main Contractor Insolvency	10
Payment for Pre-Contract Work	11
When is a Subcontractor Entitled to Payment?	12
Safety Policy Statements	13
Parent Company Guarentees from Main Conrtactors	14
Pay-When-Paid	15
Liability for Latent Defects	16
Obtaining Summary Judgement under Order 14	17
Performance Bonds (updates Topical Issue No 4)	18
How Long Must Documents be Kept just for the Record?	19
The Collateral Deed of Warranty	20
Discovery of Documents	21
Amendments to the Standard Forms of Contract	22
Payment for Off-Site Materials and Goods	23
Force Majeure	24
Liquidated Damages	25
Tax Treatment of Subsistence and Travel Allowances	26
Contractual Implications of Strikes	27
Gold Form of Secondary Sub Contract - Practical Guide	28
Validity of Liquidated Damages where no Loss is Suffered	29
Letters of Intent	30
Onerous Set-Off Provisions	31
JCT Insurance Provisions - Model Clauses	32
Limiting Liability for Damages for Delay	33
Contracts Under Seal	34
Practical Completion	35
Contract Law and National Jurisdiction	36
Retention	37
Variations	38
Dayworks	39
Sub Contract Rights of Suspension	40
L.A.D.'s and Penalties	41
Protecting the Works after Completion	42
Liability for Damages or Loss of the Subcontract Works	43
External Evidence of a Contract	44
Direct Payment Provisions	45
Statutory Demands	46
Verbal Instructions	47
Novation, Assignment and Completion Contracts	48
Full and Final Settlements	49
Fitness for Purpose	50
Final release of Retention when The Employer is Insolovent	51
Release of Retention when Certificates are Not Issued	52
Lobbying Members of Parliament	53
VAT on Subcontract Work	54
Qualified Offers	55
Using Statutory Demands	56
Cash Discount	57
Ownership of Unfixed Goods on Site	58
Getting Paid	59
Cash Discount - Main Contractor's Revenge	60
Formation of Contracts	61
Acceptance by Action	62
Monitoring the Formation of Contracts	63
Chasing the Release of Retentions	64
Consideration	65
Clause 13A Systems fo Valuing Variations	66
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations - 1994	67
Security for Costs	68
BondSecure Performance Guarantee Bonds	69
Value Added Tax	70
Arbitration	71
Fluctuations	72
Damages for Breach of Contract	73
The Danger of Mandatory ADR Provisions	74
NEC: The New Engineering Subcontract	75
Written Agreements top Arbitrate	76
Lobbying for Contractual Reform	77
Adjudication	78
Arbitrating to your Advantage	79
Contractual Duty to be Nice	80
Conrtactual Systems	81
Main Contractors - An Alternative Perspective	82
Would the Judge Understand.......? Effective Conrtactual Letters and Records	83
Land Fill Tax: "The Green Tax that Makes you See Red"	84
Employed of Self - Employed	85
Can Pay: Won't Pay - Use of Statuary Demand	86
RIDOR 95: Reporting Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation	87
Getting it in Writing	88
Valuation & Final Account - Preparation, Presentation and Administration	89
Construction Conrtact Reform: the 1996 Act	90
Good Payment Prectice: the New British Standard	91
Adjudication - Helpful, or further Procedural Bane	92
An Award is Final!?!	93
1997 General Election Briefing	94
Interim Payment Timetables	95
Final Accounts - a Practical Approach	96
C.I.B Code of Practice for the selection of Subcontractors	97
Disputes and Risk Management	98
Mediation - an Alternative and Appropiate Dispute Resolution Process	99
The Arbitration Act 1996	100
The Effect of Final Payment	101
The Vienna Sales Convention	102
Implied Terms	103
Limitation Periods	104
Company Law Reform	105
Adjudication under DOM/1	106
New Tax Deduction Scheme	107
Statutory Interest on Late Pyament	108
Construction Industry Model Arbitration Rules	109
Working Time Regulations	110
Access to Justice	111
Valuing Variations	112
Suspending Work	113
Legal Latin Word & Phrases	114
Payment Mechanisms	115
Unfair Contract Terms	116
The Woolf Reforms and Dispute Resolution in the 21st Century	117
GC/Works/1 Construction Management	118
Justice on Ice? Some Thoughts on Adjudication	119
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999	120
Completion Act 1998	121
Conditional Payment Devices	122
Review of Adjudication under the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996	123
ContractSecure 2000	124
Dispute Resolution	125
Taking Safety at Work Seriously	126
Letters of Intent	127
Construction Act Scoring	128
Scope of the Construction Act	129
To Be or Not To Be - Adjudication	130
ACA Standard Form of Contract for Project Partnering	131
General Election 2001: Campaiging Menu	132
Adjudication Using the Scheme Procedure	133
Short Form of Subcontract	134
Collateral Warranties	135
Bonds in Lieu of Retention	136
Partnering and JCT Practice Note 4	137
A Protocol to Bind Us With - Consultation on Extensions of Time and Delays	138
JCT Standard Form of Domestic Subconrtact 2002 Edition	139
Adjudication - Can it Work for You?	140
The New Partnering Subcontract SPC2000	141
Limitation of Liability Clauses: a reminder	142
The Liability Insurance Crisis	143
Don't Push that Send Button! - email Users Beware	144
Recovering Interest on Commercial Debts	145
Incorporating Terms of Business	146
Extension of Time	147
Why Negotiate?	148
Update on Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998	149
No Right of Set-Off Against Adjudicators Decisions	150
The Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act 1998 - Pay up or Pay the Price	151
Small Claims Track	152
CDM - Clients and Contractors	153
Partnering: A Good Marriage?	154
The New JCT Short Form of Domestic Subcontract	155
When Does a Claim Become a Dispute?	156
New Emplotment Disciplinary & Grievance Procedures	157
Resolving Construction Disputes	158
Corporate Killing - A Legal Viewpoint	159
Notice of Adjudication: Why the Refering Party Carries Risks	160
The Duty to Manage Asbestos	161
Should Mediation Be Compulsory?	162
The Demise of Collateral Warranties?	163
New Discrimination Laws	164
Global Warning "Global Claims - Do you Comply?"	165
The JCT Major Project Form: "A New Form of Design and Build"	166
Anti-Cartel Investigations In The Construction Sector	167
The Latham Review: The Dti Consults	168
Is Your Information at Risk of Public Exposure?	169
Supplied by Hugh James	170
Lafarge (Aggregates) Ltd v Newham London Borough Council	171
NEC The New Engineering Subcontract 3rd Edition	172
The JCT 2005 Conference4	173
Time is Money	174
Retentions Bonds	175
New Construction (Design and Management) Regulations	176
Some Adjudication Notes	177
How Can Contractual Change be Managed Effectively to Stop Claims for Loss and Expense Occuring?	178
Entire Agreement Clauses	179
Adjudication Costs - Be Careful What You Ask For!	180
Health and Safety at Work	181
The Age of Equality	182
Shifting Sand	183
The New Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)	184
Be Reasonable	185
Company Law Reform: Small Business Summary	186
How to Claim Back Your Penalty Charges	187
"You Pay for What You Get"	188
Zero Carbon Homes - 2016: A Planet Odyssey	189
Blamestorming	190
Waste Not Want Not	191
Bond' Be A Bennett	192
ConstructionSkills: Leading the Way on Skills and Training	193
Corporate Manslaughter	194
Do It Yourself Subcontracts	195
Enforced Resolution of a Dispute? But at What Cost? Are There Alternatives?	196
Power to The Adjudicator	197
Consequential Loss	198
The Time is Right	199
Early Involvement and Design Responsibility	200
Somewhere in Time - Securing your contractual rights	201
NEC 3 Subcontracts	202