All Legal articles – Page 170
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News
Lords cuts asbestos compensation
Construction workers families lose right to full compensation after House of Lords rules on asbestos-related cancer.
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News
Multiplex claim of no final deal dismissed as 'nonsense'
Cleveland Bridge lawyer rejects director's assertion that Multiplex never agreed final figure for steel work.
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Multiplex says Cleveland Bridge 'held gun to its head'
Project director accuses Cleveland Bridge of threatening insolvency if Multiplex did not agree to its financial demands.
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Multiplex manager slams Cleveland Bridge at High Court
Multiplex project manager Ashley Muldoon calls steel contractor "incompetent, unmotivated and devious."
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Multiplex lawyer fires opening salvoes
Roger Stewart dismisses Cleveland Bridge statement as a 'dodgy dossier' as Wembley trial begins in the Technology and Construction Court in London.
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Comment
The pursuit of truth
Why has a tiny dispute about windows ended up at the Appeal Court? Because one party had a major allegation - that key facts were witheld at the first trial
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Features
Wembley: the battle begins
As a landmark UK project, Wembley Stadium has been a disaster from the beginning. On the eve of the High Court battle between main contractor Multiplex and steel subcontractor Cleveland Bridge, we tell the story of the the biggest fiasco in UK construction's history.
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Judge welcomes adjudicators' improving standards
Head of Technology and Construction Court congratulates adjudicators on their handling of "awesome responsibility".
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Lemley to hire crack team to troubleshoot Olympic projects
Olympics to get standing dispute resolution board and to run schemes using NEC partnering contract.
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Comment
Judging the judges
There's no doubt that as decision-makers TCC judges are a class act, but will that make them good mediators? The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators thinks not
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Comment
What have you got?
Whether it's litigation, arbitration or adjudication, it would all run much more smoothly if everyone showed their hand right from the start
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News
Judges wake up to web revolution
Slick new website attempts to debunk myth that judges are fusty old technophobes.
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News
Construction judge salaries rise to £162,000
The High Court judges at the Technology and Construction Court are awarded a 4.2% pay rise.
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News
Gurney and Gleeds breach court rules
High Court judge criticises Gurney and Gleeds for flouting court etiquette after last minute out-of-court settlement. Judgement available below.
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Comment
An unlikely story
According to the JCT, certifiers are supposed to be impartial even though they're being paid by the client. So does anyone on Planet Earth believe that they are?
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News
Judge conducts fact-finding mission at Wembley
Mr Justice Jackson views site to prepare trial between Cleveland Bridge and Multiplex
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Comment
The greater good
The treatment of Sir Roy Meadows, the paediatrician who gave evidence in the case of Sally Clarke, raises larger issues about how we protect the judicial process
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News
Asbestos legal challenge
Thousands of construction workers could lose compensation for asbestos-related illness if the House of Lords decides in favour of the employers in the case of Barker vs Saint-Gobain.
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Comment
DGP International
An article in our legal column (13 January 2006, "Having it large") referred to the case between Shawton Engineering and DGP International.