Construction Law Blog
Plain-English guides to Irish building disputes: the contracts, the defects, the payment law and the schemes — written by a practising solicitor for the people the big firms don’t write for.
Builder Dispute in Ireland: What to Do First
The first-week playbook: evidence, communication, and the mistakes that convert strong claims into weak ones.
Suing a Builder for Defective Work in Ireland
The claim, the court, the expert report and the honest arithmetic - how defective-work cases actually run.
Builder Left the Job Unfinished: Your Options
Abandonment versus delay, terminating without becoming the party in breach, and completing with someone else - lawfully.
New Build Snag Lists: Your Legal Rights
What snagging actually entitles you to, when your leverage peaks, and what happens to snags missed before closing.
Latent Defects & Time Limits in Ireland
Six years from when? Brandley v Deane, manifest damage, and why waiting to see if the crack gets worse kills claims.
The Consumer Rights Act 2022 and Building Work
The modern statutory rights every homeowner has against a trader builder - and the remedies ladder they carry.
Adjudication Under the Construction Contracts Act 2013: The Guide
Notice, referral, 28 days, binding decision, High Court enforcement - the full statutory process end to end.
Payment Claim Notices in Construction Contracts
The paperwork that converts money owed into money enforceable - and the response regime payers ignore at their peril.
Subcontractor Not Paid: Remedies That Work
The escalation ladder from account audit to adjudication - including the statutory right to suspend, used correctly.
Retention Money: How to Recover It
Release triggers, aged retention across multiple jobs, and turning silence into a referable payment dispute.
RIAI Contract Disputes Explained
Architect administration, certificates, conciliation and arbitration - how disputes run under the standard forms.
The Law Society Building Agreement for New Homes
The document your new-home rights live in: completion mechanics, long-stops, snagging and defects provisions.
Structural Warranty Claims on New Homes
What warranty schemes actually cover, the notification deadlines that bite, and where the warranty fits among your claims.
Builder Gone Bust Mid-Build: Your Options
The first 72 hours, the recovery map around the dead company, and the honest arithmetic of what comes back.
Professional Negligence Claims: Architects & Engineers
Duty, breach, causation, loss - and the same-discipline expert evidence and PI insurance that shape these cases.
BCAR and the Assigned Certifier Explained
SI 9 of 2014: design and assigned certifiers, completion certificates, the one-off house opt-out and its consequences.
The Defective Concrete Blocks Scheme: 2026 Changes
The 2025 Amendment Act commenced: increased grants, the €462,000 cap, 130-week works periods - what changed and for whom.
The Apartment Defects Remediation Scheme Explained
The interim fire-safety scheme now, the statutory scheme in progress, the OMC’s central role and owners’ next moves.
Construction Arbitration vs Court in Ireland
Privacy, speed, cost, appeal rights - choosing between the arbitrator your contract names and the courtroom.
Extension & Renovation Contracts: The Checklist
Price, stages, variations, retention, insurance - the one-page discipline that prevents most disputes on this site.