Leave the act alone

摘要

So, the government is to announce the creation of CIPER, a body that will "act as a forum in which the industry can discuss policy initiatives". And one of the items on the agenda of this forum (which I bet will meet in private) is change in the Construction Act. I shudder. Leave our Construction Act alone, you lot! It is the most successful dispute management tool ever and what's more it doesn't cost chancellor Gordon Brown or his Treasury one penny - just the opposite. It saves squillions of pounds from the public purse because contractors have begun managing disputes instead of taking them off to the High Court.