Legal – Page 102
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NewsSolar industry split over feed-in tariff legal battle
Solar firms call for High Court case to be dropped to end uncertainty around rates for customers
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CommentGalliford Try vs Lanes Group: Premature adjudication
An adjudicator who outlines a preliminary view needs to make sure he’s not reached a final decision too soon
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CommentGalliford Try vs Lanes Group: Forum shopping
The practice of ‘forum shopping’ as mentioned in Tony’s article may be unappealing to some, but any attempt to legislate against it will cause a trolleyful of problems
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NewsFears of euro collapse spark overhaul of EU contracts
Concerns have emerged that euro’s fall would render many contracts null and void
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CommentMeddling with VAT invoice clauses can sting you
Payment notices are being complicated by lawyers meddling with clauses relating to VAT invoices. This could invalidate the contract and lead to some nasty surprise
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NewsScaffolding firm to pay out £85k after worker left paralysed
Man crushed under one and a half tonnes of scaffolding will never walk again
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NewsOver 500 Balfour Beatty sparks miss contract deadline
But contractor says deadline to sign up to new wage proposals ‘not hard and fast’
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CommentDeals in writing: Noel's house party poopers
TV presenter Noel Edmonds learnt the hard way that if a deal’s not put in writing, it’s a no deal
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CommentThe practices of funders' lawyers in 2011
Funders’ lawyers are imposing onerous terms on contractors, passing them off as ‘market standard’. Here’s the kind of shenanigans they got up to last year
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NewsTwo arrested over piling death
Yorkshire men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence
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FeaturesSparks fly: The row over electricians' wage agreements
The decision of seven major M&E contractors to break away from the 40-year-old JIB wage agreement was prompted by an ‘urgent need to modernise’ but has already led to angry clashes between workers and police. Building reports on a row that threatens to become the sector’s biggest industrial relations dispute ...
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NewsAppeal of FITs ruling leaves solar firms in limbo
Goverment’s decision to challenge High Court ruling causes further confusion for solar industry
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NewsGovernment to appeal FITs ruling
Appeal to get government timetable on solar subsidy cuts reinstated branded a ‘waste of taxpayers’ money’ by Friends of the Earth
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NewsGovernment FITs cut 'unlawful'
Government to appeal after High Court judge brands DECC decision illegal
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NewsRICS clears members of involvement in conflict of interest
Sean Tompkins says members whose names appeared on First4ADR.com were kept in the dark over its RICS link
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NewsRICS alerts government to dispute resolution probe
Ministry of Justice and CLG informed of the RICS’ investigation into links with website
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CommentLitigation: The long and short of it
Eternity is very long, said Woody Allen - especially towards the end. Here’s a case that proves the point
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CommentThe legal view: 2011
Not all of this year’s cuts were bad but not all of the government’s actions were positive either. Here’s a round-up of 2011’s legal developments …
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CommentSuspending works for non-payment: What's changed?
The right to suspend works for non-payment has been dramatically broadened and it could have a big impact on relations between main contractors and their subbies