All Legal articles – Page 120
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Digging up the past
Money’s too tight to mention, and unearthing potential claims in old projects is one source of extra cash - as is amending existing claims. Just don’t leave it too late
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Feeling a little short changed? Plasterers and the CITB
Plasterers are sick of paying a training levy that really goes on jobs at the CITB. Who can blame them? We should be levying plasterboard makers at a fraction of the cost
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ISG 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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How green are our valleys: Building Regs in Wales
At the end of next year, the Welsh government will be responsible for building regulations in the principality - and it’s determined to make them as tough as possible
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One village bypass we don’t need: Community right to build
Exempting rural community-led developments from the planning system could have unintended and undesirable consequences
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You’ve been warned: the dangers of advising traditional procurement
Traditional procurement methods are so needlessly wasteful that a consultant or solicitor who advises a client to adopt them may be guilty of negligence
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Getting to know all about you: ICE vs NEC3
Some contractors are upset that their old friend ICE conditions of contract has been dumped. But once they get to know the NEC, they’ll have their new buddy on speed dial
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Developer challenges government over abandonment of housing targets
High Court row over 400-home scheme hinges on whether minister acted unlawfully
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What can be saved from Connaught's collapse?
Options for salvaging contracts with the failed social housing firm
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Lego loses battle to trademark bricks
EU rejects toy maker’s appeal to protect ’distinctive’ brick design
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Interserve 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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Prompt payment: The other credit crunch
The government is making it a rule that all firms on public sector contracts be paid promptly, all the way down the supply chain. Which will come as a bit of a shock to some
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Clients transferring risk: The bullies are back
The abuses and macho posturing we got from clients’ advisers in the nineties have returned - but given their attitude to risk, aren’t they the real wimps?
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BSF exclusivity agreements: More punishment to come
Companies whose schemes escaped the Building Schools for the Future cull should not bank on their exclusivity arrangements continuing unscathed
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Common mistakes in... agreeing final accounts
Berwin Leighton Paisner’s new series on “Dos and Don’ts” offers practical advice on navigating the major projects’ minefield, beginning with Catherine Barstow’s advice on organising your work so that you’re ready for the final account
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KPMG says Connaught will continue trading
Administrator hopes to keep firm running while novating contracts and transferring staff to other firms
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Top 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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School fined after collapsed roof kills worker
HSE prosecutes boarding school after it hires five inexperienced workers to demolish a classroom
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To the letter
Giving notice need to ensure they comply precisely with contract requirements in extension of time or loss and expense clauses
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Insurance issues for fit-outs
If a tenant that occupies one floor of an office block wants to have a fit-out done, who insures the rest of the building against, for example, fire and flood?