Legal – Page 31
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NewsSMEs hit hardest by health and safety sentencing guidelines
Research reveals smaller firms are affected more by last year’s changes to level of fines imposed
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CommentFit for purpose
The MT Højgaard case in the Supreme Court illustrates how lawyers, adjudicators, arbitrators and judges are now likely to mediate competing contract terms
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CommentBig trouble in Liverpool Chinatown
Problems between stakeholders on a £200m regeneration project are likely to have reputational, financial and legal consequences for those involved
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CommentCyber security: BIM
The first of a new series of columns on cyber security looks at the data risk issues around building information modelling. Taylor Wessing’s cyber security team explain
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CommentTime to call time
A claimant tried to revive a dispute dating back to 1992 by alleging a fraud. But the court said it would not sit back and referee whatever games he wanted to play
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CommentContracts: Getting the foundations right
A fitness for purpose obligation has been ratified by the highest court in the land – that has got people talking
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NewsSellar's £775m Paddington Cube faces judicial review
The 19-storey office-led cube replaced an earlier proposed 72-storey residential pole
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CommentCase in focus: Relief from sanctions
Should a claimant be entitled to default judgment on a claim that was dependent upon the outcome of separate proceedings?
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CommentSupply chain: Facing the abyss
Carillion’s profit warning illustrates the precarious existence of big UK contractors. So, what protection is in place for the supply chain, should one of them fall? Nowhere near enough, it seems
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CommentAdjudication: New thoughts on smash and grab
A TCC decision last month has questioned whether existing case-law on ‘smash and grab’ adjudications should be reconsidered in light of Court of Appeal decisions
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NewsCompetition watchdog flags up Amec-Wood Group merger
Deal already in question due to Serious Fraud Office investigation into Amec Foster Wheeler
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NewsLiverpool Chinatown developer to cease trading
Directors of North Point Global say brand “damaged beyond salvage”
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NewsConstruction safety fines jump 83% in a year
New sentencing guidelines cause big spike in safety and corporate manslaughter pay-outs
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CommentWritten contracts: Pen and paper at the ready
Avoid the argy-bargy and uncertainty of an oral contract and get the thing down in writing
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CommentNEC4: Events, dear boy, events
NEC4 contains subtle changes to clause 61.3 that relate to compensation events and which await judicial clarification
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NewsLegal row hits £200m Liverpool Chinatown development
Local authority says developer CDC owes £950,000 in missed staged payments
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CommentCase in focus: Service of documents
A recent case illustrates a practical approach to the challenge of effecting good service upon a peripatetic respondent
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Archive TitlesLendlease ordered to pay £14.8m for falling glass
Glazing fell up to 17 Storeys from City of London office tower
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NewsT Clarke agrees £1.43m settlement in fraud row
M E specialist had announced £2.8m was missing from its accounts
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CommentIChemE’s Silver Book: Pieces of silver
A close look at what is contained in the IChemE’s new consultancy agreement for the development of process plants