Legal – Page 148
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Is it worth it?
How common are the problems that the reform of the Construction Act addresses? Some are common, others not so.
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Man who died on Skanska site identified
A worker who died on a Docklands Light Railway extension last week has been named as 58-year-old Harold Sheridan from Luton.
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NewsBalfour Beatty in legal spat over £33m Blackpool mall
Contractor sues developer Modus Corovest for £1.2m after clash on design changes
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NewsRed tape deters small firms from hiring staff
A new report highlights the key economic role small firms play in the UK employment market
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NewsLaing O'Rourke in legal row with Irish tycoon
Division at heart of £22m dispute with John Magnier may be wound up
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NewsIndia told to act against corruption
Anti-corruption group advises India to act after country's poor rating in international bribery survey
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NewsConstruction Act reforms will favour subcontractors
Changes to payment provisions receive criticism from industry bodies
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CommentWho is he? And what is he to you: Adjudicator loyalties
Here’s a puzzle for you: if A and B hire X to decide a dispute, and A and X have a previous relationship, can B tell A to get lost if X decides in favour of A? (Answer below)
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CommentThe judge with a flea in his ear: When costs outweigh damages
Here’s another case in which the costs by far outweighed the damages, only this time it was a county court judge who took the flak for letting it happen
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Cleveland Bridge driven £17.7m into the red by Wembley row
The Wembley stadium legal row with Multiplex has blown a £18.3m hole in the accounts of steelwork contractor Cleveland Bridge UK.
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SOM counter-sues Jacobs over £4.7m Qatar dispute
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is counter-suing engineer Jacobs over a multibillion-pound engineering scheme in Qatar.
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NewsMore SMEs take legal action against clients
Research reveals small to medium sized businesses are getting more litigious in reponse to economic downturn
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NewsEngineer prosecuted over Buncefield oil explosion
Four other firms also face criminal charges over massive site blast in 2005
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NewsUcatt will represent sacked Kosovan workers
Six foreign nationals reportedly dismissed for trade union activity will have case heard this week
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NewsWembley row blows £18m hole in Cleveland Bridge accounts
Legal dispute with Multiplex pushed steel contractor £17.7m into the red in 2007
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NewsWorker sues after losing leg in illegal London renovation
Builder claims £300,000 from property owners after collapsed building trapped him for 10 hours
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CommentHell hath no fury: public sector frameworks
Scorned bidders are increasingly refusing to take rejection lying down, which means wrongly tendered public frameworks may be set aside
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CommentIt’s a lads thing: liquidated and ascertained damages
Even when liquidated and ascertained damages are totally fair, they may seem like a contractor’s worst enemy – here’s an example why …
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Insurers liable for asbestos exposure dating to fifties
Construction firms have been warned to examine the smallprint in their insurance documents after a landmark asbestos judgment in the High Court.