Legal – Page 61
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NewsBlacklist compensation scheme launched: full details
Campaigners furious at offer of £4,000 - £20,000 fast-track for affected workers
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CommentClearing the traffic
The Highways Agency is being transformed from a quango to a go-co. But will it help projects to move faster – or just reduce its accountability?
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NewsInterserve slams MoD’s ‘failed’ £4bn contract award process
Firm launches legal challenge claiming Carillion JV’s winning bid could be ‘abnormally low’ and ‘undeliverable’
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NewsLabour floats plan to give cities more powers
Labour has outlined plans to give ‘city regions’ more control over funding for housing, transport and infrastructure
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NewsGreen light for £92m Warwick automotive centre
Cullinan Studio-designed scheme at Warwick for Tata and Jaguar Land Rover wins planning
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CommentNo escape from 106
Jacqueline Backhaus and Henry Fitch A recent case involving a planning row at an east London faith centre is a reminder of the difficulty of overturning section 106 agreements through the courts
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CommentLatham: A knight’s tale
Michael Latham was just one of a long line of ‘gurus’ seeking to transform construction. They all failed but at least Sir Michael successfully transformed the legal process
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CommentThe fracking revolution
Proposals to streamline UK trespass laws could allow companies to extract shale gas from underneath an adjacent landowner’s property without permission
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NewsFirms line up legal challenges to £750m UK SBS framework
Turner Townsend and EC Harris work on claims after losing out on government framework
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NewsSpending watchdog probes payment times
National Audit Office asks subbies on government work if they are paid on time
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NewsHSE inspection drive to tackle industry's hidden killer
Watchdog begins unnannounced inspections on poor working conditions, which are a bigger killer of construction workers than accidents
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NewsHammerson wins planning for Southampton £70m waterfront scheme
Hammerson has won detailed consent for its £70m leisure-led development on Southampton’s waterfront
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CommentApplying English law in Scotland
When deciding whether or not to enforce the adjudicator’s decision, the court had to decide if the contract was assessed under the English or the Scottish Scheme
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CommentExtension of time: Time is not on our side
Lessons should be learnt from six recent cases on delayed projects and extension of time disputes. However, as with those projects, progress is slow
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CommentFraud: Playing detective
The construction industry faces daily risk of fraud and corruption - particularly within its extended supply chain. So what do you do if you think you might have fallen victim to it?
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NewsBoris reveals sites for 50,000-home development push
Mayor of London unveils plans for 20 ‘housing zones’ across the capital to speed development of 50,000 homes
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Comment'Un'-fit for purpose can be a very expensive experience
‘For a contractor, a fitness for purpose obligation tends to raise the hackles. But why?’