Legal – Page 153
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O’Keefe and Cantillon lock horns over hotel scheme
O’ Keefe Construction is suing contractor Cantillon for £1.4m in a dispute over payment for its work on a luxury hotel on the site of the first ever radio broadcast.
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Survey exposes ignorance about site waste regulations
Only 40% of contractors understand what they are meant to do with site waste despite the introduction of swingeing new regulations, backed up with unlimited fines, in April.
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Property developer pleads guilty to criminal damage
Chairman of Inacity ordered to do community service for throwing rocks at home of former lover's boyfriend
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Millionaire fined for illegal 'Footballers' Wives' house remodelling
Owner must spend £450k returning grade II listed home to original state following unapproved alterations
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NewsJCT moves closer to launching 'green' contract provisions
Joint Contracts Tribunal set to publish terms and guidance on issues such as waste reduction and energy consumption this autumn
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Rogue builders jailed for up to eight years
Cowboys frightened dozens of vulnerable people into paying thousands of pounds for unnecessary work
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NewsExperts criticise Scottish plans to compensate pleural plaque victims
Insurers, health and legal experts give evidence to Holyrood's justice committee saying new asbestos legislation is a mistake
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NewsMPs question value for money of PFI projects
Public-sector “undermanagement” of project changes is costing too much, says public accounts committee
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NewsDemolition firm fined £15k after electrician suffers serious injuries
HSE warns companies to undertake risk assessments properly after a fall from height
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Industry payers get even worse
Firms are paying their subcontractors three weeks late, compared with an average of two weeks a year ago.
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CommentSo you want to be a judge, eh?
Here’s the strange case of the bullock that burned down a house – and presented a judge with a prize conundrum. This is how he went about solving it
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News£250m Rochdale scheme stalls after legal challenge
Losing bidders protest after council and development agency fail to disclose full selection criteria
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Disputes in the desert
With construction wrangles in Dubai likely to increase, you’ll need to know how to go about resolving them …
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NewsUcatt targets ministers in pleural plaque campaign
Abestos activists and union members will take fight for compensation to the constituencies of Jack Straw and Hilary Benn
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NewsCost of living drives Britons into cowboys' arms
Survey reveals 60% of UK homeowners prefer cash-in-hand builders
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CommentDraft Construction Bill: I’m amphibious about it
The reform of the Construction Act will probably right some obvious wrongs, but why couldn’t it have been written in plain English? Take the payment rules for instance …
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CommentGalliford Try vs Mott MacDonald: A sense of loss
If a consultant causes a contractor economic damage, does it have to compensate the wrong party even if there is no contract between them?
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NewsFirms fined £120,000 following 'preventable' death
Spanclad and Westminister Building Company are fined following fatal fall from tower scaffold
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CommentLet’s ditch the training levy
The ConstructionSkills levy is making enemies and criminals out of contractors and not getting much training done either. There must be a better way …
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CommentRecord keeping: The art of self-defence
Conscientious record-keeping can give you invaluable ammunition should you want to blame others when things go wrong. Worth every dull moment