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When is a judge not a judge?
Can a judgment be valid if the judge had no jurisdiction? Well, Edward IV found a neat fix to this problem – and it may apply to adjudications today
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Linden to launch expansion drive
Private housebuilder Linden Homes aims to set up divisions in Lancashire and Berkshire as part of expansion plans
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Former Olympian Graham Watts warns skills shortage could scupper UK's chances of hosting 2012 Games
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Moayedi made Jarvis chairman
Jarvis chief executive Paris Moayedi has been appointed as the PFI contractor's chairman after the death of Lord McGowan earlier this month
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McAlpine leads utilities race
Alfred McAlpine has emerged as favourite to buy £100m-turnover utilities group Subterra, an arm of Thames Water
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Big three to bid for £500m PFI hospital bundle
Carillion, Bovis Lend Lease and Laing expected to bid for ground-breaking scheme intended to cut PFI bid costs
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Security 'top priority' at animal testing lab
An animal testing facility is under construction as part of a £95m extension to the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus near Cambridge
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RICS members strike back against 32% fee increase
Rebels call for fresh vote in autumn to overturn last week's decision to increase annual membership costs
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BAA revamps framework deals
Airports operator BAA has revised its framework agreements with contractors and consultants to make them less bureaucratic
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£100m Kent development gets relaunched
The £100m redevelopment of Rochester Riverside in Kent has been formally relaunched, as predicted in Building last year
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In the shadow of the gun
Suicide bombings, aggressive security, rising tension, paranoia … Just how tempting does the money have to be to persuade British firms to work in the Middle East? Building examines the risks and rewards
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Let's not go to Austria!
Want to avoid adjudication by inserting a clause into your contract that any dispute must be settled in another country? Don't pack the passport quite yet...
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The end of the lines
The government's promise to plug broadband pipes into every new home in the UK looked like forward thinking a few years ago. Now it seems hopelessly out of date. Building keeps pace with the wireless revolution
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The ice queen
Zaha Hadid has broken free from restraints of architecture with this sinuous, arctic installation in a Viennese gallery
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David Curry
The government is thinking of awarding social housing grants to private builders. Cue gasps of disbelief from housing associations
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Construction firms top the great unloved
Construction companies are among the most undervalued on the stock exchange, according to a report by business adviser RSM Robson Rhodes
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Just the job
Barbara Irwin of Turner & Townsend explains how she went from PA to project manager
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Kier scores eight to take first place in April
Contracts worth £55m help Kier to the number one spot, but Bovis Lend Lease dominates the yearly results