Tessa Garner
Senior Knowledge Lawyer, UK
Tessa is a Knowledge Lawyer for the UK Projects team at Osborne Clarke.
As one of our Knowledge Lawyers, Tessa has a focus on ensuring technical excellence by keeping the team up-to-date on new legal and market developments, creating and maintaining precedent documents, assisting team members with technical legal queries and providing training on law and practice.
Tessa qualified as a solicitor in 2015 following completion of her training contract at Osborne Clarke.
Insights
Energy and Utilities
UK government publishes hydrogen sector development action plan
New plan sets out the government's view of the current and future opportunities across the hydrogen economy in the UK
26/07/2022
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3m
Real estate
Net zero construction: do building regulations apply when retrofitting UK homes?
Contractors and developers will need to be mindful of obligations imposed when retrofitting
18/07/2022
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6m
Infrastructure services
Payment notice pitfalls persist for UK construction projects
The recent Advance v Enisca judgment holds that pay less notices must refer clearly to individual payment cycles
12/07/2022
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3m
Energy and Utilities
Energy Security Bill introduced to UK Parliament
Bill's provisions are a step on the road to decarbonising the UK's energy systems
12/07/2022
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3m
Regulatory and compliance
EU nature restoration law set to boost biodiversity across Europe
New proposals to introduce legally binding targets for Member States on the restoration of habitats
05/07/2022
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4m
Real estate
Collateral warranties and the right to adjudicate – 'construction contracts' after all?
Court of Appeal reverses first instance decision in Abbey Healthcare v Simply Construct, finding that a collateral warranty was in...
23/06/2022
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3m
Energy and Utilities
Energy Security Bill proposed in Queen's Speech
The UK government has proposed new legislation intended to ensure the security and decarbonisation of the UK's energy supply
12/05/2022
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2m
Decarbonisation
Net zero infrastructure: Reducing operational carbon in UK building stock
What measures are the UK government taking to tackle the problem of operational carbon in the built environment and what...
10/05/2022
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5m
Decarbonisation
Net zero construction: the problem with embodied carbon
The UK government's Heat and Building Strategy fails to adequately address embodied carbon, which is expected to account for almost...
22/10/2021
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5m
The Built Environment
Negligence – what does it mean anyway?
Supreme Court judgment underlines difficulties in interpreting 'negligence ' in limitation of liability clauses
06/09/2021
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4m
Decarbonisation
The UK's Hydrogen Strategy signals next steps on the road to decarbonisation
The new strategy for a hydrogen economy offers a basis for long-term investment decisions.
26/08/2021
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6m
Real estate
Supreme Court provides much-needed clarity on liquidated damages
Long-awaited Supreme Court judgment indicates a return to normal service in the interpretation of liquidated damages clauses
23/07/2021
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5m
