All Legal articles – Page 130
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NewsAt what cost?: Lord Justice Jackson's costs review
What Lord Justice Jackson's final report on the litigation costs regime may mean for construction dispute resolution
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NewsWelsh firm fined after digger crushes worker to death
Court fines Macob Administration £80k after man killed driving mini-digger he wasn't qualified to use
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NewsBAE Systems fined £80,000 for worker's death
Lynda Wilkins was killed in an explosion at the company’s plant in Chorley
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CommentThe home guard: Defective Premises Act
The Defective Premises Act protects the owners and occupiers of dwellings against shoddy workmanship. A recent case will help ensure that those at fault do not escape liability
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NewsLeicester PFI hospital claim reaches £28m
The consortium on the scrapped £711m Leicestershire hospital PFI scheme is claiming £27.8m in compensation, court documents have revealed
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NewsHSE sues four firms over asbestos regs breach
Willmott Dixon and Style and Wood among firms prosecuted for breaches of safety regulations during refurbishment work
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NewsJudge rejects challenge to Scottish asbestos law
Insurers lose attempt to invalidate legislation giving pleural plaque victims right to seek compensation
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CommentJoint expert witnesses: Clandestine communications
There are some grey areas to being a joint expert witness, but one thing is clear: talking to one party without the other’s knowledge is not on
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CommentPredictions for 2010: Anyone for cold turkey?
The season of goodwill to all men is over, folks, so get ready for a year of wrangles, nit-picking, bust-ups over defects and early claims … like last year, only worse
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NewsCapita hit with £8m West One writ
Developer Devonshire Green Holdings is suing Capita Symonds for almost £8m in the latest row over the West One mixed-use scheme in Sheffield
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NewsSewage companies banned from restricting connection
Landmark case by Barratt leads to High Court ruling that conditions cannot be placed on connections to public sewers
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NewsNorth Midland appeals against £1.5m OFT fine
Contractor follows Kier, Durkan and Galliford Try after seeking legal advice
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Insurers to review timber-frame safety as claims soar 16%
The insurance industry has said it will launch a probe into the safety of timber-framed buildings, as concern grows over the cost of fire-related claims
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NewsInformation rules may put contractors off Scottish market
Lawyers warn that plans to extend Freedom of Information Act may be seen as a barrier to building firms
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CommentPayment rules: Financial mechanics
The new Construction Act may be but a distant prospect, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a few educated guesses as to how its payment rules will work
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Blacklisted worker lawsuit could cost firms millions
Class action to be brought against over 40 firms including Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Kier
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CommentACE agreements: Altogether now
The recent streamlining of the two design agreements for consultants into one brings simplicity and flexibility as well as a new take on liability
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Interserve sues Bovis for £3m in sweet factory dispute
Details have emerged of a legal row between Bovis Lend Lease and Interserve over M&E work carried out by the latter on a £49m sweet factory in Yorkshire
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NewsGovernment to outlaw worker blacklisting
Lord Young reveals plan to stamp out 'despicable practice' of barring trade union activists from employment