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Adding interest to injury
The claimants sought damages from the defendant on the ground that they had sustained vibration white finger in the course of their employment with the defendant. The defendant had received more than 170,000 claims, of which 50,000 remained outstanding.In view of the large number of actions the parties entered into ...
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PFI tsar forced to postpone departure from Treasury
Richard Abadie to remain in post until spring as Treasury struggles to find successor
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Industry to act on timber-frame site fire risk
The construction industry has acknowledged that it must deal with the risk of fire in multistorey timber-frame construction after the publication of the London Fire Brigade’s initial findings on the catastrophic fire at Colindale, north London, in July.
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McBains Cooper eyes MDA as next takeover target
After failing to buy rival Currie & Brown, consultant turns its attention to troubled QS
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City of Westminster sued for £188k
Regency Building Services takes council to court over unpaid invoices and retentions
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Henderson and Wolseley top M&A table
The £1bn bid by Henderson, an investment fund, for contractor John Laing is by far the biggest deal of the quarter so far but Wolseley, the building materials group, has been the most active firm in the acquisition market
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Industry hails Brown and Barker’s new deal for developers
Zero carbon homes by 2010Tony Blair to lead planning taskforcePlanning gain supplement delayed
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Marks Barfield begins work on Olympic spike
London Eye architect plans landmark viewing tower for 2012 Games
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Lend Lease tipped to win Olympic village
A Lend Lease team looks set to pip Bouygues in the race to develop the Olympic village
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Berkeley boss upbeat despite fall in profit
Housebuilder's half-year pre-tax profit falls 5.2% to £81.5m
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Davis Langdon profit leaps by third
Consultant Davis Langdon has reported a 31% rise in pre-tax profit, from £24.5m to £32.2m, in its second year as a limited liability partnership (LLP).
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Writ hits sale of British Nuclear Group
Legal battle over radioactive leak threatens to delay takeover at Sellafield
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Marks Barfield begins work on Olympic spike…
London Eye architect plans landmark viewing tower for 2012 Games
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… as ODA finalises stadium design
A concept design and budget for the Olympic stadium will be finalised by the end of this month, David Higgins, chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, has confirmed.
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Cabe calls for rethink of King's Cross station design
Watchdog describes aspects of McAslan + Partners’ design for £250m scheme as ‘surreal’
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Writ hits sale of British Nuclear Group
The race to take over the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility could be delayed by a legal battle over the cost of a radioactive leak.
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PFI tsar forced to postpone departure from Treasury
Richard Abadie to remain in post until spring as Treasury struggles to find successor
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Cabe calls for rethink of King’s Cross station design
Watchdog describes aspects of McAslan + Partners’ design for £250m scheme as ‘surreal’