Legal News – Page 56
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Survey exposes ignorance about site waste regulations
Only 40% of contractors understand what they are meant to do with site waste despite the introduction of swingeing new regulations, backed up with unlimited fines, in April.
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Property developer pleads guilty to criminal damage
Chairman of Inacity ordered to do community service for throwing rocks at home of former lover's boyfriend
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Millionaire fined for illegal 'Footballers' Wives' house remodelling
Owner must spend £450k returning grade II listed home to original state following unapproved alterations
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NewsJCT moves closer to launching 'green' contract provisions
Joint Contracts Tribunal set to publish terms and guidance on issues such as waste reduction and energy consumption this autumn
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Rogue builders jailed for up to eight years
Cowboys frightened dozens of vulnerable people into paying thousands of pounds for unnecessary work
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NewsExperts criticise Scottish plans to compensate pleural plaque victims
Insurers, health and legal experts give evidence to Holyrood's justice committee saying new asbestos legislation is a mistake
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NewsMPs question value for money of PFI projects
Public-sector “undermanagement” of project changes is costing too much, says public accounts committee
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NewsDemolition firm fined £15k after electrician suffers serious injuries
HSE warns companies to undertake risk assessments properly after a fall from height
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Industry payers get even worse
Firms are paying their subcontractors three weeks late, compared with an average of two weeks a year ago.
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News£250m Rochdale scheme stalls after legal challenge
Losing bidders protest after council and development agency fail to disclose full selection criteria
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NewsUcatt targets ministers in pleural plaque campaign
Abestos activists and union members will take fight for compensation to the constituencies of Jack Straw and Hilary Benn
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NewsCost of living drives Britons into cowboys' arms
Survey reveals 60% of UK homeowners prefer cash-in-hand builders
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NewsFirms fined £120,000 following 'preventable' death
Spanclad and Westminister Building Company are fined following fatal fall from tower scaffold
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NewsSheffield firms fined £140k for site death
Court fines two companies after one man was killed and three injured when using an access cradle
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NewsIndustry divided over Construction Act reform
Industry trade bodies remain divided over the draft of the revamped Construction Act, unveiled by the government this week, writes Dan Stewart.
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NewsAt last a draft Construction Bill, but at what cost?
The government has revealed amendments to the Construction Act, but its flawed consultation process could undermine the proposals
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NewsGovernment: Revamped Construction Act clauses could save industry £1bn
Long-awaited draft clauses announced by DBERR aim to improve industry cash flow with savings of £1bn
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NewsWates fined over carbon monoxide leak
Contractor breached safety rules after roofing work put residents in 11 homes in Birmingham at risk
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NewsAsbestos alert at Houses of Parliament
Leaked report reveals that government failure to act has left visitors and MPs at "significant" risk from exposure
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Contractors fall foul of CIS rules
Government fines 30,000 firms for failing to report supply chain details on time