All Legal articles – Page 148
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NewsConstruction Act reforms will favour subcontractors
Changes to payment provisions receive criticism from industry bodies
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CommentThe judge with a flea in his ear: When costs outweigh damages
Here’s another case in which the costs by far outweighed the damages, only this time it was a county court judge who took the flak for letting it happen
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CommentWho is he? And what is he to you: Adjudicator loyalties
Here’s a puzzle for you: if A and B hire X to decide a dispute, and A and X have a previous relationship, can B tell A to get lost if X decides in favour of A? (Answer below)
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SOM counter-sues Jacobs over £4.7m Qatar dispute
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is counter-suing engineer Jacobs over a multibillion-pound engineering scheme in Qatar.
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Cleveland Bridge driven £17.7m into the red by Wembley row
The Wembley stadium legal row with Multiplex has blown a £18.3m hole in the accounts of steelwork contractor Cleveland Bridge UK.
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NewsMore SMEs take legal action against clients
Research reveals small to medium sized businesses are getting more litigious in reponse to economic downturn
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NewsEngineer prosecuted over Buncefield oil explosion
Four other firms also face criminal charges over massive site blast in 2005
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NewsUcatt will represent sacked Kosovan workers
Six foreign nationals reportedly dismissed for trade union activity will have case heard this week
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NewsWembley row blows £18m hole in Cleveland Bridge accounts
Legal dispute with Multiplex pushed steel contractor £17.7m into the red in 2007
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CommentHell hath no fury: public sector frameworks
Scorned bidders are increasingly refusing to take rejection lying down, which means wrongly tendered public frameworks may be set aside
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CommentIt’s a lads thing: liquidated and ascertained damages
Even when liquidated and ascertained damages are totally fair, they may seem like a contractor’s worst enemy – here’s an example why …
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Insurers liable for asbestos exposure dating to fifties
Construction firms have been warned to examine the smallprint in their insurance documents after a landmark asbestos judgment in the High Court.
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NewsWorker sues after losing leg in illegal London renovation
Builder claims £300,000 from property owners after collapsed building trapped him for 10 hours
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NewsDubai beach-sex couple freed on appeal
UK pair deported after jail sentence for indecent behaviour replaced by £200 fine
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NewsFirms fined £250,000 for nuclear demolition death
HSE slams safety lapse that led to worker's 95m fall while decommissioning Sellafield chimney
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CommentAll over bar the shooting: Frameworks
What better way to work, you say, than a lovely, co-operative framework deal? Fine. Just don’t expect it to be bloodless, painless, dispute-less or litigation-free
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CommentYou’ve made one tiny mistake: Absolute obligations
Even if a brief seems straightforward, beware of taking it on as an absolute obligation. After all, you never know what might happen
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NewsHazardous sculpture costs Heatherwick £1.7m
Designer agrees out-of-court settlement after Manchester council sues over B of the Bang
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NewsBoris 'ready to sue' over third Heathrow runway
Mayor of London threatens to take legal action over airport extension