All Legal articles – Page 89
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NewsAnother man dies on a London building site
Fatality on site in Tottenham is second death on a London building site in a week
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CommentIndia: The Supreme Court puts out the welcome mat
India should be even more attractive to foreign investors, now that a recent case has decided that Indian courts cannot interfere in foreign arbitration awards
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CommentStandard form contracts: What the papers say
Time was there were just two standard form contracts – now there are umpteen of them. It makes no difference because they all get amended beyond recognition
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CommentFITs: Happy Anniversary, Mr Barker
A year after the energy minister slashed the feed-in tariff for solar power the legal ramifications are still emerging, with the latest challenge coming in the form of a class action
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CommentConstruction Act: One year on
It is one year since the amended Construction Act came into effect - a landmark that has gone almost unnoticed. This might be because the amendments have had such little impact
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NewsHSE issues 23% fewer enforcement notices
But construction deaths remain highest of any industry
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NewsTaxman chases architect RMJM for £70,000
HMRC issues winding-up petition against subsidiary company of troubled firm
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NewsCarillion had 'very limited involvement' in blacklisting
Contractor hits back at blacklisting campaign group which claims Carillion had much wider involvement than admitted
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NewsMan killed and two injured on London building site
A man has been killed and two others injured after an accident on a building site in south-west London this morning.
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CommentDesign and build contracts: Confusion guaranteed
We have got used to thinking that there is an implied fitness for purpose warranty in a design and build contract. But a recent case has muddied the waters
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CommentCIL: Nice little earner
The Community Infrastructure Levy was brought in to speed up development but the tariffs being set seem so arbitrary – and so hard to challenge – that it could have just the opposite effect
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FeaturesInsurance special report: BIM
The rise of collaboration software has created a lot of questions for insurers - not least how to divide up and assign blame if anything goes wrong
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CommentAd-hoc adjudication: Cheque mate
An adjudicator decided that two parties had entered into an ad-hoc adjudication by dint of having paid his – rather hefty – fees upfront. But the TCC had other ideas
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NewsCarillion: Trade union condoned blacklisting
Contractor claims unions were aware of database and condoned use to exclude ‘extremist elements’
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NewsLabour calls for watchdog to act on blacklisting
Shadow business secretary urges Information Commissioner to take “swift and proactive” action on notifying blacklisted workers
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NewsSolar legal claim swells to £50m
More firms join legal action against government over illegal cut to solar feed-in-tariff
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NewsCarillion hits back at GMB over blacklisting claims
Richard Howson condemns union’s ‘appalling’ letter-writing campaign targeting contractor’s public sector clients
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CommentReturn of the Judge: Lord Dyson
Few people have had greater influence over construction disputes than Lord Dyson, presiding judge of the TCC from 1998 to 2001. Now he’s been made Master of the Rolls
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CommentChanges to employment law
The government appears to be attempting to reduce the burden on employers. Here are five changes to employment law that are worth keeping an eye on
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CommentBIM: Who does what and when?
Central to the introduction of BIM level 2 will be a protocol that ensures that everyone knows what they can expect from the other parties on the project