Legal – Page 69
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CommentPrepare for mediation
What if one party tries to initiate alternative dispute resolution and the other doesn’t want to know? Elizabeth Repper writes on some interesting points from a recent case and on how to structure mediation
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CommentAdjudication costs: Winner takes all
New European regulations raise the possibility of adjudication winners being allowed to claim back legal costs from the losing side. But would this contravene the Construction Act?
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NewsBrussels backs 40% emissions reduction target
Members of the European parliament approve plans that should stimulate investment in green projects
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NewsMivan falls into administration
Northern Irish-based contractor will continue to trade as administrator Deloitte assesses “all options”
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NewsGreen light for Fortress Wapping scheme
St George’s development on former News International print works site will include 1,800 new homes
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NewsSt George fined after worker injured in platform collapse
Construction arm of developer fined after worker seriously injured when a when a platform collapsed at a landmark site in south London
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NewsWorker dies on Colchester construction site
A worker has died on a JR Pickford student accommodation site in Colchester
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NewsDevelopers win right to challenge public land ownership
Property developers say new rules will lead to more housebuilding
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NewsGovernment will set up asbestos compensation scheme
Around £30m a year could be awarded to mesothelima victims after new law passed
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CommentWalkie Scorchie: Warming up
Right to light cases are traditionally fairly straightforward, but could the ‘Walkie Scorchie’ effect change all that? Richard Manyon considers some of the issues
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Comment2014 predictions: Wishful thinking
Ann Minogue offers some hopes and predictions for 2014, and has a bone to pick with the construction industry’s fairy godmother …
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CommentConstruction Act: Super size me
When parliament served up adjudication in the Construction Act, it intended it to be a fast, cheap way of sorting out a dispute. But it’s turned into something much bigger than that.
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NewsInterserve wins £32m Old Bailey contract
Consortium also involving HOK, Aecom and Parsons Brinkerhoff appointed for refurbishment of historic court building
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NewsIrish challenge to £16bn Hinkley project dismissed
Judge rejects application for judicial review of government’s decision to grant the scheme planning permission
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NewsGalliford Try faces £18m claim over Broadway Plaza
Contractor facing a legal claim for leaks in the deck of the £80m Broadway Plaza shopping centre in Birmingham
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NewsCameron 'blocking' garden cities push
David Cameron is stalling plans for new wave of ‘garden cities’ to avoid backlash from ‘nimby’ protestors in the lead up to the 2015 general election
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NewsScots firm fined after 20-year old worker loses leg
Crieff-based Gallagher Groundworks fined for safety failings after worker loses leg during construction of a wind farm
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NewsFormer Bam Nuttall HR boss grilled over blacklisting
Firm’s former head of HR tells MPs it failed to mount a “robust” investigation or offer redress to victims
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CommentProtocol, efficiency and buzzwords: in defence of BIM
Tony Bingham’s provocative article kicked off a valuable debate. Let’s look at some of the truths about BIM
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NewsBoris settles Ministry of Sound row
London mayor approves plans for 335 homes next to historic club, as well as controversial free school in Southwark