All Legal articles – Page 152
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CommentCEDR adjudicators: Fast relief for aches and pain
Here’s a new cure for those heated disputes: wait until adjudication comes to an end, don’t tell the parties who’s won what, then ask if they fancy a bit of mediation. Hey, it works
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NewsGovernment faces eco-town judicial review
High Court grants campaign group permission to argue its case against plans for Middle Quinton eco-town
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Planning rules waived for home extensions
BPF and RICS welcome new regulations that will remove 80,000 applications a year from the planning system
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NewsContractors fined £38k after pelvis injury incident
HSE highlights dangers of lifting after 600kg glass panel falls on worker in Kensington
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NewsAdvertising watchdog rules in favour of Kingspan
Advertising Standards Authority upholds manufacturer's claim over costs of disposing insulated panels
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Court fines two firms after crane overturns
HSE issues warning on mobile cranes after accident involving 35-tonne crane in Warrington
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Firms suffer from rise in theft of building materials
Insurer Axa says soaring prices has led to criminals stripping buildings of electrical and metal fittings
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Sheikh sued for failing to pay builders £300k
Gradient (London) seeks payment for refurbishment job on Sheik Salah Al Naghi's home in Marlow
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Former KBR chief admits using bribery to win contracts
Nigerian officials were allegedly bribed over 10 years in efforts to obtain engineering and construction contracts
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Row erupts as rival slams ‘toxic’ RIBA contract
Institute hits back saying ACA’s alternative standard contract is confusing the market
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CommentA matter of some interest: Ruttle vs secretary of state for the environment
It can be difficult to judge when interest on money owed starts to run. But firms will get short shrift from the courts if they claim without having issued an invoice first
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Row erupts as rival slams ‘toxic’ RIBA contract
Institute hits back saying ACA’s alternative standard contract is confusing the market
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O’Keefe and Cantillon lock horns over hotel scheme
O’ Keefe Construction is suing contractor Cantillon for £1.4m in a dispute over payment for its work on a luxury hotel on the site of the first ever radio broadcast.
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CommentBy personal appointment: Makers v Camden
When a company in a dispute suggested a particular adjudicator be appointed to its case, the other party was incensed. Here’s what happened …
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Contractors seek advice as redundancies rocket
Calls to NFB’s employment helpline double, compared with first seven months of 2007
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Survey exposes ignorance about site waste regulations
Only 40% of contractors understand what they are meant to do with site waste despite the introduction of swingeing new regulations, backed up with unlimited fines, in April.
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Property developer pleads guilty to criminal damage
Chairman of Inacity ordered to do community service for throwing rocks at home of former lover's boyfriend
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Millionaire fined for illegal 'Footballers' Wives' house remodelling
Owner must spend £450k returning grade II listed home to original state following unapproved alterations
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NewsJCT moves closer to launching 'green' contract provisions
Joint Contracts Tribunal set to publish terms and guidance on issues such as waste reduction and energy consumption this autumn
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Rogue builders jailed for up to eight years
Cowboys frightened dozens of vulnerable people into paying thousands of pounds for unnecessary work