Legal News – Page 50
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NewsAmec vs Universal Steels: Withholding documents as bargaining tool
Fenwick Elliott discusses a case in which Amec tried to obtain an injuction to make Universal deliver quality assurance document
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NewsBDP faces £4.6m claim over Wimbledon media centre
Tennis club demands cash from architect and subcontractor for remedial work on ‘defective’ building
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NewsPC Harrington pleads guilty to Wembley worker death
Case will now go to the Old Bailey after contractor admits health and safety breaches
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NewsBarnsley man sues for £500k after brain damage
Christopher Kaye demands compensation from Euro Dismantling after accident on site
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NewsEngineering firm sues Persimmon for £250k
Jacobs takes legal action against developer in row over fees for 50-acre Cornwall scheme
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NewsCrane companies found guilty of fatal health and safety breach
Firms will be sentenced for crane collapse that led to death of two workers and one injury
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Pay talks stall over blacklist issue
Ucatt has stopped this year’s round of pay talks in order to force through wage agreements that outlaw the blacklisting of construction workers
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NewsLandmark ruling could allow more self-employed workers holiday pay
Redrow refused leave to appeal judgement made in Ucatt's favour
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NewsBrookfield vs Foster and HOK Sport: Reviewing obligations
Fenwick Elliott discussed yet another dispute that has arisen from the Wembley stadium project
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NewsFraudsters jailed for scamming Candy brothers
Four men who scammed brothers out of £6.5m on property deal are given prison sentence
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NewsLaw suits shoot up as industry tightens purse strings
Survey finds 67% of top lawyers have seen a rise in work over past six months
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NewsFurmans Electrical Contractors vs Elecref: working hours
Fenwick Elliott discusses a dispute over reasonable payment for hours of work
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NewsCourt hears of how two died after worker loosened bolts on crane
Unsupervised man adjusted tower crane, which then collapsed killing men who were on the jib
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NewsCalatrava awarded €30k compensation for design change
Spanish High Court rejects Spanish architect's €3m compensation claim for Bilbao bridge extension
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NewsBovis Lend Lease vs Trustees of the London Clinic: Loss, expenses and natural justice
The factsBovis applied for summary judgment for the enforcement of an adjudicator's decision. The dispute arose out of a contract made between Bovis and the clinic by which Bovis agreed to carry out and complete a redevelopment of a medical consulting facility. The contract was the JCT Standard Form (1998), ...
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NewsWatchdog to probe role of contractors in setting up blacklist
Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate 40 firms as Unite looks into claims that union officials informed on their own members
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NewsDisquiet in the ranks
The data raid that discovered a construction worker blacklist has legal implications for the companies and individuals involved
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NewsCivil Procedure Rules: Dalkia Energy and Technical Services vs Bell Group
Fenwick Elliot discusses a row over terms of a station repair project
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NewsGreen for go: sustainability in the JCT contract
Keeping an eye on sustainability during the credit crunch shouldn't be too hard, with the help of the JCT's new guidance note
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NewsBuyers on two more Bellway estates plan legal action
Residents claim value of homes has fallen up to £30,000 after units were sold for social housing