All Legal articles – Page 72
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CommentPlanning for stadiums: A sporting chance
Applying to build a sports stadium in an urban area can lead to a number of planning issues. But developers and contractors should point out the benefits it can bring to the community
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CommentThorns in the green shoots
Contractors are still using some of the dirty tricks they learned in the depths of recession to squeeze supply chains. But they may not get away with it for much longer
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CommentChoose your weapon
A contractor used a procedural trap to try to torpedo an adjudicator’s decision against it. Unfortunately for the contractor, it blew up in its face
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NewsMajority of individuals on blacklist still need to be identified
Over four-fifths of people on construction blacklist remain unidentified almost five years after its discovery
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CommentThe benefit of experience
Age may not lead to wisdom, but looking back at her days as a junior solicitor Ann Minogue finds that she now has some of the answers to the things she did not understand back then
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NewsLabour inspectors barred at Vinci’s Qatar site
International inspectors gathering evidence on conditions of Qatar construction workers turned away by officials
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NewsKeller denies fault in multimillion-pound dispute
Piling specialist disputes claim that its work on £40m wine warehouse at centre of multimillion-pound legal wrangle was faulty
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CommentHow viable will adjudication be in future?
The recent Museum of Liverpool has huge implications for adjudication costs and makes it a much riskier undertaking for smaller firms
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NewsPolice 'did collude with construction blacklist'
Police watchdog has told lawyers representing victims of construction blacklisting that police did provide information to the Consulting Association
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CommentWhat's in a name?
The TCC has reviewed the law in relation to misnomer and shown that courts are able to call on extrinsic evidence when something goes wrong with the naming of a party
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CommentIn at the deep end
A bolt-on to a standard contract for a swimming pool put the contractor into dispute with the facilities manager. But can a collateral warranty within a contract be referred to adjudication?
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NewsLegal threat to UK firms over Qatar deaths laid bare
Lawyers warn individuals could face arrest and firms be held liable for breaches by subcontractors
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CommentAll change: CDM regs
The HSE has indicated that changes to the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations due in 2014 are likely to be wide ranging and focused on more than cutting red tape
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CommentBe aware of serial defects clauses
A recurring clause in civils work contracts on wind farms can be problematic
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CommentSection 144: What about commercial property?
When redeveloping an empty property, the project can be at risk of delay from squatters. The law now protects residential stock – should the same happen with commercial buildings?
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NewsCH2M Hill ‘must act’ on Qatar 2022 worker exploitation
Programme manager on World Cup asked to intervene on build project that ‘could cost up to 4,000 lives’
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NewsCorruption 'still common' in construction
CIOB survey finds that more than one in three construction professionals have been offered a bribe or incentive
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NewsMain contractors non-payment blamed for M&E firm's collapse
Administrator says non-payment by main contractors sent sub-contractor into administration
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NewsUK Green Building Council seals deal with Ecobuild
The UK Green Building Council and Ecobuild have signed a deal cementing a long-term partnership
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NewsCinema built in wrong place twice allowed to stand
Council gives cinema complex in Cambridgeshire retrospective planning approval after it was built in the wrong place for a second time