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NEC Case Law, Clause by Clause

What the courts have decided about NEC contracts, clause by clause through the NEC4 ECC.

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Waleed Tariq

Taught by Waleed Tariq, an NEC4 and FIDIC contract specialist on major infrastructure programmes, who has trained people in NEC4 across several countries.

About Waleed
Module 1 cover: Reading an NEC contractModule 1 is free to try
12lessons
3 h 45 minof study
36quick checks
5stages in the course map

3 h 45 min in five stages

Minutes of study in each stage of the course map
  • Reading the contract · 73 min
  • Design and time · 38 min
  • Compensation events · 38 min
  • Money · 38 min
  • Disputes · 38 min

What you will be able to do

Know the court decisions behind each clause

Read a clause as a court would

Start from what the clause says, then see how judges have read it.

Know the leading cases

Learn what happened in each case and what the court decided.

Spot the open questions

See where no court has ruled yet, with both sides set out.

Apply the cases on a job

Test each case against the events on the Aldermere scheme.

Course map

Twelve lessons in five stages

Take them in order or start with the stage you need. Module 1 is free to try.

1 · Reading the contract73 min
01Free19 minReading an NEC contract
0218 minMutual trust and co-operation
0319 minCommunications and the Project Manager
0417 minThe documents, the Scope and ambiguities
2 · Design and time38 min
0519 minDesign, Defects and insurance
0619 minTime: the programme, prevention and concurrency
3 · Compensation events38 min
0719 minCompensation events: what counts, notices and time bars
0819 minCompensation events: assessment and proof
4 · Money38 min
0919 minPayment, Defined Cost and the share
1019 minDelay damages, bonds and termination
5 · Disputes38 min
1119 minDisputes under W1 and W3
1219 minDisputes under W2: enforcement and the tribunal

On the project

The cases tested on the Aldermere scheme

Each lesson applies its cases to the invented Aldermere Flood Relief Scheme. Where no court has ruled yet, the lesson says so.

£40,600

Had Merrow Vale notified the buried concrete ten weeks after finding it, the time bar would have cost it this much of its share.

£4,000

A director says a day late would not matter. Nothing is written down, so a day of delay damages still stands.

Sep 2026

Court decisions up to this date on NEC contracts from NEC2 to NEC4, with the general law behind them.

Inside the lessons

What a lesson looks like

A lesson screen on the rules the cases test
Module 7. The rules the cases test, beside the questions no court has decided yet.
A case law lesson screen
Module 7. Each leading case sets out the facts and the decision, then what it means under NEC4 today.
A quick check on compensation events
Quick checks. Two questions after each section, with the reason shown as soon as you answer.

Who it is for

People who work with NEC and want the law behind it

It is written for commercial and contract managers on NEC contracts. It also suits claims consultants and lawyers who want the clause behind each case.

The course explains court decisions for training. It is not legal advice on your contract or your dispute.

Clause references are to the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract, June 2017 with amendments January 2023. Independent material. It is not published or endorsed by NEC, and it is not legal advice. The worked examples and their people are invented.