All articles by Tony Bingham – Page 14
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CommentAn American ambush
The Americans call it sandbagging, we call it ambushing but either way it's an annoying and counterproductive way of trying to straighten out a problem
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CommentThe quiet Americans
The Americans are in Hungary to spread the good news about dispute resolution boards. But their approach is no match for the power of adjudication …
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CommentStop right there
Imagine a world where it's possible to spot disputes before they happen. Impossible? Not if you believe in FIDIC's new superhuman dispute boards
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CommentTax and spend
The public doesn't really know what a section 106 agreement is. If it did there'd be trouble, especially now it is used for all manner of community largesse
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CommentWas Ellis right on Wallis?
The Wallis adjudication turned on whether expert evidence was relevant, and whether there was time to investigate it within the 28 day limit. This is how it went
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CommentIt'll run rings round them
The Olympics will be like every other project - ridden with bluffers, slackers and buck passers - but a dispute resolution board can keep them all in order
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CommentWhat have you got?
Whether it's litigation, arbitration or adjudication, it would all run much more smoothly if everyone showed their hand right from the start
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CommentAn unlikely story
According to the JCT, certifiers are supposed to be impartial even though they're being paid by the client. So does anyone on Planet Earth believe that they are?
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CommentOne thing straight
When the DTI asked an industry mob to discuss the Construction Act, a fight quickly ensued - but those present showed great solidarity on another issue
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CommentNoises off
The adjudication meeting was action-packed and one party swears it never heard an argument presented by the other. Can the decision still stand?
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CommentThe clues are all there …
Under the DTI review, payers and payees call in the adjudicator if they can't agree how much is due. The referee must rule on the spat, but shouldn't play detective
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CommentA painful case
Sometimes contractors just get fed up with a job, and it grinds to a halt. When something like that happened to Birse, it got sacked. Then it got the bill …
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CommentYou’re mistaken, m’lud
In Carillion vs Devonport, the Court of Appeal was right to back an adjudicator’s decision to award interest, but in doing so it made some unhelpful comments …
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CommentPeople who care
A faulty load transfer platform caused a block of luxury flats to sink. The consulting engineer didn’t design the platform, but could it be liable for the problem?
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CommentI’m feeling a bit fuzzy
Fuzzy-edge disease’ strikes when a contract does not clearly allocate design responsibilities. Emcor Drake & Scull tried to inoculate itself, but it got caught out
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CommentBehind the veil
This is a murky tale of one man, three companies and a lot of fly-tipping. It also illustrates how the courts will look at who truly controls a company …
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CommentCold comfort
This week’s energy special continues in the legal pages, and to kick us off we have a severe weather warning from Building’s answer to Michael Fish
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On being naughty
Is this a cautionary tale of an innocent subcontractor hounded by the big bad tax man? Or was its ‘minor and technical’ infraction actually something more?