Legal News – Page 53
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NewsRed tape deters small firms from hiring staff
A new report highlights the key economic role small firms play in the UK employment market
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NewsLaing O'Rourke in legal row with Irish tycoon
Division at heart of £22m dispute with John Magnier may be wound up
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NewsIndia told to act against corruption
Anti-corruption group advises India to act after country's poor rating in international bribery survey
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NewsConstruction Act reforms will favour subcontractors
Changes to payment provisions receive criticism from industry bodies
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Cleveland Bridge driven £17.7m into the red by Wembley row
The Wembley stadium legal row with Multiplex has blown a £18.3m hole in the accounts of steelwork contractor Cleveland Bridge UK.
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SOM counter-sues Jacobs over £4.7m Qatar dispute
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is counter-suing engineer Jacobs over a multibillion-pound engineering scheme in Qatar.
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NewsMore SMEs take legal action against clients
Research reveals small to medium sized businesses are getting more litigious in reponse to economic downturn
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NewsEngineer prosecuted over Buncefield oil explosion
Four other firms also face criminal charges over massive site blast in 2005
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NewsUcatt will represent sacked Kosovan workers
Six foreign nationals reportedly dismissed for trade union activity will have case heard this week
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NewsWembley row blows £18m hole in Cleveland Bridge accounts
Legal dispute with Multiplex pushed steel contractor £17.7m into the red in 2007
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NewsWorker sues after losing leg in illegal London renovation
Builder claims £300,000 from property owners after collapsed building trapped him for 10 hours
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Insurers liable for asbestos exposure dating to fifties
Construction firms have been warned to examine the smallprint in their insurance documents after a landmark asbestos judgment in the High Court.
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NewsDubai beach-sex couple freed on appeal
UK pair deported after jail sentence for indecent behaviour replaced by £200 fine
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NewsFirms fined £250,000 for nuclear demolition death
HSE slams safety lapse that led to worker's 95m fall while decommissioning Sellafield chimney
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NewsHazardous sculpture costs Heatherwick £1.7m
Designer agrees out-of-court settlement after Manchester council sues over B of the Bang
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NewsBoris 'ready to sue' over third Heathrow runway
Mayor of London threatens to take legal action over airport extension
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NewsMaterials giant fined £738m in largest-ever cartel penalty
French materials firm Saint-Gobain fined almost €900m for role in glass manufacturing cartel
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NewsRedrow to appeal in fight to deny holiday pay
Housebuilder continues legal battle to deny workers holiday pay on basis of 'sham' substitution clauses
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Ucatt: Change in asbestos law may have put workers at risk
Repair and maintenance workers are regularly risking their lives through exposure to asbestos, unions and safety groups have warned.