All Legal articles – Page 135
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NewsClients set to blacklist cover-pricing contractors
£1.2bn consortium could drop OFT firms from deals as councils plan compensation claims
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NewsLocals launch Wigan BSF legal challenge
Opponents to new 'super school' scheme want land to be ringfenced for community use
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NewsIs it still cover pricing without the phone call?
The OFT has outlawed cover pricing, but that won’t stop firms putting in high bids so they lose contracts they can’t cope with
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NewsOFT: 'Councils are free to sue'
Director in charge of competition body's bid-rigging inquiry says local authorities should feel free to take legal action against guilty firms
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NewsDurkan vows to fight OFT over subdivision's £3.1m fine
Contractor disputes liability for cover-pricing at Concentra, which it sold off in 2007
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NewsOFT says six firms paid or received compensation payments
Fines imposed on Bowmer and Kirkland, Durkan, Herbert Baggaley, Mansell, Thomas Fish and Wildgoose Construction
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NewsWillmott Dixon may appeal against £4.5m OFT fine
Contractor will 'carefully consider' details of decision over cover pricing and grounds for appeal
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NewsGalliford Try set to appeal against OFT fine
Contractor says it did not gain financially from practice of cover pricing
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NewsKier suffers £18m OFT fine
Contractor slapped with largest bid rigging fine while nine more are hit by penalties of over £5m
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NewsBid rigging firms hit by massive OFT fines
Contractors found guilty of cover pricing ordered to pay severe fines totalling £130m
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NewsOFT press release: Construction firms fined for illegal bid-rigging
Over 100 firms have been fined a total of £129.5m for bid rigging by the OFT
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NewsFormer Alfred McAlpine directors jailed for fraud
Senior construction executives made up about £10m of expected payments, and deceived auditors by showing them stockpiles of slate with the other crates empty
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NewsEU complaint delays water regs by six months
The implementation of water-saving regulations has been delayed for six months after a last-minute EU intervention
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Unlimited liability time on cards
Contractors could be left with huge bills and no insurance, if a proposed law is passed
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CommentWestfield fit-out dispute: An everyday story of building folk
This shopfitting dispute sounds hair-raising, but it is really nothing out of the ordinary. That’s because people who work in construction are like everyone else: they mess up
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NewsDoon Street scheme planning decision upheld
High Court rejects opposition to leisure and residential development by English Heritage and Westminster council
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CommentJCT for major projects: I Love you just the way you are
The clear, efficient and comprehensive JCT Major Project Construction Contract is about as good a form as you’ll find. But don’t go trying to change it …
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NewsInternational anti-corruption initiative to be launched
UK will be among seven countries involved in a pilot scheme to improve transparency in public sector construction
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CommentBook review: Last-minute booking
Forget chick lit – the best summer reads address building procurement and the JCT contract. And, gratifyingly, the authors come up with exactly the right conclusions
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CommentRepugnant behaviour
A recent case has shown that the more serious a breach of contract, the less likely it is that a court will accept an exclusion of liability clause