Legal News – Page 38
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NewsSmall row, titanic waves
Developers can’t always force buyers who lack funds to complete. And as a recent test case shows, the difficulty is knowing when it would be better to apply for damages
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NewsISG wins 130,000 sq ft Finsbury Circus fit out
Law firm Stephenson Harwood has awarded the contract for its new offices at 1 Finsbury Circus to the fit-out and construction firm.
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NewsDeveloper challenges government over abandonment of housing targets
High Court row over 400-home scheme hinges on whether minister acted unlawfully
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NewsLego loses battle to trademark bricks
EU rejects toy maker’s appeal to protect ’distinctive’ brick design
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NewsInterserve fined for exposing MoD staff to asbestos
Court fines firm £33k after it failed to follow advice of an asbestos survey at an MoD base
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NewsKPMG says Connaught will continue trading
Administrator hopes to keep firm running while novating contracts and transferring staff to other firms
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NewsTop construction lawyers: who's on the list?
Find out who came out on top in this year’s Legal 500 league table published today
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NewsSchool fined after collapsed roof kills worker
HSE prosecutes boarding school after it hires five inexperienced workers to demolish a classroom
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OFT fines ‘will be coming down’ say contractors
Several of the 25 contractors appealing against a combined £79m fine by the OFT for pricing collusion have said they expect to get back “millions” as the legal arguments draw to a close
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NewsJCB thief caught in low-speed pursuit
A man has been jailed after stealing a JCB from a Taylor Woodrow site
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NewsColchester to sue T&T over Viñoly scheme
Colchester council hopes to recover “substantial funds” from Turner & Townsend over its role in the town’s disastrous Rafael Viñoly-designed art gallery
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NewsArchitect faces £600k negligence claim
Kob Construction seeks damages after drawings for Uxbridge development failed to match planning permission
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NewsFormer Tarmac boss sues Ardmore
Sir William Francis claims more than £635k for consultancy work but construction firm denies the claim
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NewsFirm fined after keeping asbestos hazard secret from workers
A Cambridgeshire fit-out firm has been fined for ignoring a report indicating asbestos on site
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NewsWorker loses eye and suffers brain injury after fall
Building firm fined after worker suffered life-changing injuries when he fell from a roof
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O’Rourke to refight marina battle
Laing O’Rourke’s development arm is preparing to go back into battle with Brighton council to win permission for a £450m marina scheme, despite spending millions on an unsuccessful attempt
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Rok suspends finance chief
’Serious failings’ in financial controls leads to profit warning and suspension
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NewsAbolition of regional strategies 'unlawful'
Cala Homes pushes for Judicial Review of scrapping of plans containing housing targets
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NewsCollapsed firm Banner 'had just £6,000 in bank'
Creditors ’not very likely’ to get paid, as contractor blames demise on Viñoly’s Colchester arts centre
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Forensics called in as hunt for Lancsville cranes continues
Administrators at failed contractor Lancsville have drafted in forensic computer experts as they continue their hunt for missing tower cranes and plant