UK: The Construction Leadership Council’s COVID-19: Managing Contractual disputes & collaboration – Summary Guide was issued on 14 July 2020 and provides four steps to achieve collaborative solutions: (1) establish concurrent conversations; (2) reality test and optimise your position; (3) realistically offset the time and monetary costs of adversarial behaviour against the savings and benefits of a collaborative commercial dialogue; and (4) use the resources to formalise your deal.
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