All Legal articles – Page 164
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NewsHGB chief to Business Council: "More communication needed"
Richard Gregory criticises the absence of any senior construction industry figures on the new Business Council for Britain
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CommentJCT sleeps with the fishes
Standard forms are supposed to make things easy, but that wasn’t exactly the builder’s experience in Reinwood vs Brown. Maybe it’s time the whole lot were taken for a ride …
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Mears denies ‘massaging’ figures as inquiry opens
Housing Corporation examines claims that repair firm provided false tenant satisfaction figures
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Bovis finance director lost job before joining
Bovis Lend Lease paid off its incoming finance director one week before he was due to start work in May.
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Ucatt steps up ODA battle
Union takes complaints over ‘sordid’ self-employment at Olympics to Treasury and Revenue
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CommentNo more boobs
As the Chinese say, a man who makes a mistake and does not correct it makes another mistake. This should be born in mind by the DTI in its present review of the Construction Act
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NewsPrescott was advised against Vauxhall skyscraper
Freedom of Information memo reveals Former deputy PM's officials rejected the Broadway Malyan tower he approved in 2005
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NewsLDA assumes full legal ownership of Games site
Agency now has the right to enforce CPOs on affected Stratford businesses after year's end
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Honeywell caught in illegal music filesharing investigation
Wembley engineering firm potentially faces unlimited fines in first British workplace music piracy case
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'More legal loopholes in Hips', claim critics
Packs will be 'totally unenforcable' with some easy legal sidestepping
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CommentGuaranteed trouble
Here’s an everyday story of a new home, its disgruntled owners, their worried insurer, its unhappy builder and a legal case that didn’t go the way it was supposed to
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Manslaughter delay
The corporate manslaughter bill has been delayed after the Lords voted for an amendment to widen its scope to cover deaths in custody. This means that the bill may not be passed before parliament rises next month.
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NewsHousebuilders set to put ‘land hoarding’ claims to rest
Office of Fair Trading launches investigation into housing sector despite Callcutt review
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New twist in battle for Croydon
Arrowcroft has added a theatre to its £600m Croydon Gateway scheme in south London.
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OFT launches probe into housebuildng
Office of Fair Trading Investigation will look at potential competition issues and consumers' concerns
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CommentNothing if not critical
The epic struggle between Mirant and Arup over the Sual power station has finally ended in a complete victory for Arup. The battle turned on the what delays were and weren’t on the critical path
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Multiplex faces more Wembley costs
Multiplex has still to reach financial settlement with at least five key contractors on its Wembley stadium project.
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Doubts over Construction Act revamp
The DTI unveiled its proposals to revamp the Construction Act on Wednesday, but there are already questions over whether it will ever be made law.
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CommentNobody’s forcing you to do it
The Construction Act deals a knock-out blow to adjudicators who try to hold on to the award until they get paid. But if the parties don’t like that rule, they don’t have to adjudicate at all
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NewsProhibition notice for crane firm involved in Croydon collapse
HSE orders Select Plant Hire to stop using 'inadequately trained staff'