Four claims lodged by construction firm Bam around the delayed and over-budget delivery of the national children’s hospital, have been put on hold by the Commercial Court. In an unusual step, the main contractor on the hospital successfully applied for a stay on its own proceedings against the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) on the basis that the pleadings are “wholly dependant” on a core contractual dispute around the commencement of works in 2019 first being resolved in a separate legal action.  The four contested pay claims, valued at up to €275 million, result from a two-year extension to…

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