Legal News – Page 40
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NewsRetired contracts manager accused of £250m Ritz sale scam
Retired construction professional in court for fraud over fake London hotel sale
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NewsNick Clegg's wife to advise Spanish construction firm
Lawyer Miriam Gonzalez Durantez signs up with world’s biggest wind farm builder, Acciona
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NewsContractors more aware of bid rigging sanctions, says OFT
Office of Fair Trading says two thirds of firms have reacted against anti-competitive practices since fines were imposed last year
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NewsBank of Scotland abandons plan to sue over Silvertown
The bank which spent £60m and eight years working up plans for the £1.5bn development of Silvertown Quays in east London has withdrawn its threat to sue the London Development Agency over the termination of the scheme, Building understands.Two sources said Bank of Scotland, which had bankrolled developer SQL to ...
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NewsFormer Balfour Beatty employee loses unfair dismissal claim
Project manager Alan Dransfield was seeking £300,000 in lost earnings, claiming he was sacked for raising safety concerns
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NewsBAM Nuttall to repair Hochtief tunnel
Contractor to carry out £20m of work on structure that collapsed eight months after official opening
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NewsCandy: Rogers was 'precious' about Chelsea design
CPC boss describes how architect refused to make changes requested by the London mayor
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Christian Candy gives evidence in Chelsea Barracks case
Counsel for CPC says Qatari Diar had "no lawful justification" for withdrawing planning application
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Rok Building vs Celtic Composting Systems
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a dispute over the 'slip rule'
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Crowley Civil Engineers vs Rushmoor council: Claiming a contribution
Out Fenwick Elliott expert describes a dispute over an open space in Hampshire
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Legal threat to surveyors drives down house prices
Housebuilders say disputes over pre-recession valuations are slowing recovery
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NewsVinci: Luton council broke tender rules
Vinci has alleged that Luton council breached tender rules in the latest chapter of the row over the town’s £52m guided busway scheme
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NewsBuilding launches legal online group
Building's social networking site now hosts discussion forum for construction law
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News'Pre-pack' administrations face stricter controls
The public’s cynical view of business deals is hardly surprising
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NewsFaulty cladding hits Amec for £2.5m
Amec is forking out £2.5m to repair cladding at a Liverpool hotel three years after it opened.
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NewsGrainger pays out over 'green views' redundancy claim
Former head of sustainability at Grainger wins £42,200 after claim climate change views led to loss of job
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NewsDemolition contractor fined £6,000 for health and safety breach
Ivan Pope pleaded guilty in court after two men were spotted dismantling a pub roof in Lincolnshire using an upturned bucket as scaffolding
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Firms seek legal advice as Bribery Act rushed into law
New law signals ‘zero tolerance’ of corruption and widens liability to include third parties
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Vinci and Luton in £4m legal row
A legal row has broke out between Vinci and Luton council over a £52m guided busway scheme that was awarded to Bam Nuttall, writes Andrea Klettner
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NewsLabour cagey over gangmaster laws
Party denies it will extend the rules to the construction industry despite manifesto suggesting it would do so