All Legal articles – Page 129
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NewsAmec Group vs Thames Water: Adjudication deadlines
This case deals with the question of whether an adjudicator should be expected to deal with additional material at the expense of the time limit
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NewsSerious Fraud Office arrest three Alstom directors
Men arrested on suspicion of bribery and corruption, paying bribes and money laundering in connection with overseas contracts
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Leicestershire firm fined £10k over safety at height breaches
Cobham Advanced Composites pleades guilty after three employees worked at height without adequate safety measures
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NewsTube Lines goes to court over £327m row with London Underground
PPP contractor files claim form at TCC after adjudicator dismissed its argument in January
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Tendering: Everyone get your trainers on
Employment and skills strategies are being implemented across the construction industry but care needs to be taken when inviting tenders and drawing up the contract
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CommentHow the defence went up in smoke
Here’s a case where the employer claimed his withholding notices had been burned in a lightning strike and stolen. How was an adjudicator to deal with such matters?
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NewsOFT firms off the hook as councils ditch legal action
Leeds is first local authority to abandon plans after lawyers advise evidence is too weak for action
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NewsAsda seeks £3.6m compensation over car park
Kier and owners of Castlepoint shopping centre latest to face claims over 'defective' retail developments
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Barratt told recession no defence for mothballing scheme
Barratt could be forced to pay £9.5m after losing a landmark lawsuit over a development it shelved during the downturn
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Amec sues Thames Water for unpaid bill
Amec Group is suing Thames Water Utilities for £1.1m, after the water company refused to pay it for construction and maintenance work
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NewsMerseyside builder fined £1,000 for Health and Safety breach
Charles Molloy prosecuted after HSE inspector finds him and an employee working on a pub roof without safety measures
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins blacklist tribunal
Construction worker Mick Dooley found to have been fairly excluded from employment
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Do the paperwork: Illegal workers
The UK Border Agency is cracking down on illegal working and the penalties for employers can be prison or heavy fines. So take care you’re making all the right checks
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CommentContracts at the OK corral: Conflicting terms
If contract terms don’t amount to anything more than a succession of conflicting proposals, expect a legal showdown. What matters then is who fires the final shot …
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CommentAvoiding disputes: Fancy a game of battleships?
Every contract tells you to issue a notice when something is going wrong. But that launches warships – and makes it virtually certain that something will go wrong
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Firms fear they will lose work after introduction of bribery law
Construction firms face losing out on billions of pounds of overseas work when new bribery legislation comes into force, lawyers have warned
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NewsCourt to rule on cancelled Silvertown Quays deal
LDA seeks High Court ruling overs its termination of the contract to build £1.5bn Docklands development
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NewsUK's first corporate manslaughter trial under new act adjourned
Prosecution of Geotechnical Holdings and director Peter Eaton delayed because of defendant's ill health
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Construction contracts: Unintended consequences
Here’s a curious story in which the drafters of a contract tried to save a little time and paper, and ended up fundamentally changing the nature of the agreement
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CommentAdjudication: Instant justice
As we all know, an adjudicator’s decision is binding until a final decision is made by a court or arbitrator, no matter how wrong it is. But that ‘final decision’ can be made very quickly