Construction Law Training 2025/26

Details of Archor’s Training Webinar Series

We are pleased to announce details of our series of ‘Construction Law Training’ webinars across Autumn 2025 and Spring 2026.

These six one hour sessions, each running 8.30am to 9.30am, will focus on the JCT forms of contract, and take a project through from procurement, delivery, and dispute resolution. An outline of each webinar can be seen below. The sessions are great for anyone in a role that has an interface with the legal landscape – for example QSs, project managers, and commercial managers and directors – or anyone that needs a refresher on the fundamentals of construction law.

You can sign up to these complimentary webinars here. You will have the option to sign up to all webinars, or to select those which you are interested in. If you signup but are not able to make the webinar nearer the time, you will receive a recording of the webinar a couple of days after broadcast.

Session 1 – 17/09/2025 – Procurement, contractual relationships and design

  • Types of procurement
    • Traditional
    • Design & Build
    • Contractor’s Designed Portion
    • Construction Management
  • The inter-relationship of documents
    • Appointments
    • Building contract
    • Collateral warranties
    • Novations
    • Bonds and guarantees
  • Design
    • Scope of duty
    • Novation and design liability
    • Responsibility for ERs
    • Errors / discrepancies / inadequacies
    • “Full” design responsibility

Session 2 – 15/10/2025 – The Construction Act(s) and the JCT Payment Cycles

  • What are the Acts and why are they so important?
  • Key provisions of the Acts
    • What is a construction contract?
    • Adjudication
    • Payment / Pay Less Notices
    • Right to suspend
    • Pay when paid clauses
  • Difference in payment cycles
    • Traditional vs D&B
    • Payment Schedules
  • Payment Notices / Pay Less Notices
    • Form
    • Substance
    • Timing
  • Final Payment / Final Certificate

Session 3 – 19/11/2025 – Extensions of time, loss and expense and insurance

  • Relevant Events, in particular
    • Exceptionally adverse weather
    • Statutory undertakers
    • Force majeure
  • Types of insurance
    • Public Liability
    • Employer’s Liability
    • Contractor’s All Risk
    • Professional Indemnity
    • Non-negligence insurance
    • Terrorism insurance
    • RPA insurance
  • CAR Insurance – key concepts
  • Joint names / composite

Session 4 – 14/01/2026 – Other key clauses in JCT contracts and dealing with amendments

  • Changes / Variations
  • Partial possession
  • Liquidated damages
  • Defects
  • Termination
  • Why are amendments used?
  • Typical amendments
  • Key amendments:
    • Design risk
    • Ground risk
    • Condition precedent clauses

Session 5 – 04/03/2026 – Overview of dispute resolution

  • What are the options?
    • Conciliation
    • Mediation
    • Arbitration
    • Litigation
  • Adjudication
    • The process
    • How
    • When
    • Key Issues
    • Relevant case law

Session 6 – 22/04/2026 – Common pitfalls / our experiences

  • Payment on account
  • Payment for off-site materials
  • Incorrect valuation of Changes / Variations
  • Provisional Sums
  • Out of time payment notices
  • Termination