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OFT firms off the hook as councils ditch legal action

19 March 2010

Leeds is first local authority to abandon plans after lawyers advise evidence is too weak for action

Asda seeks £3.6m compensation over car park

17 March, 2010
Merseyside builder fined £1,000 for Health and Safety breach

9 March, 2010
Balfour Beatty wins blacklist tribunal

8 March, 2010
Firms fear they will lose work after introduction of bribery law

05 March 2010
Court to rule on cancelled Silvertown Quays deal

3 March, 2010
UK's first corporate manslaughter trial under new act adjourned

26 February, 2010
Cleveland Bridge award reduced by £2.4m

22 February, 2010

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Best of Bingham

How the defence went up in smoke

19 March 2010

Here’s a case where the employer claimed his withholding notices had been burned in a lightning strike and stolen. How was an adjudicator to deal with such matters?

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Case of the week

Time is of the essence

19 March, 2010

In this case of Sunshine Ventures and Rashmith Thakar vs Hussein Kurdieh, the judge had to decide whether 'urgency' is sufficient ground to terminate a contract

Supablast vs Story Rail: How many contracts?

18 February, 2010

Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a dispute over a Merseyside railway bridge

Essential briefings

Good law for less

19 March 2010

How do I … manage my costs? Litigation is an expensive business, but there are steps you can take to reduce the final bill

Third party pooper

19 March 2010

The Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act empowers third parties to enforce contractual terms. Yet in the 10 years it’s been around, it has had hardly any effect

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Legal columnists

Tendering: Everyone get your trainers on

19 March 2010

Employment and skills strategies are being implemented across the construction industry but care needs to be taken when inviting tenders and drawing up the contract

Construction contracts: Unintended consequences

26 February 2010

Here’s a curious story in which the drafters of a contract tried to save a little time and paper, and ended up fundamentally changing the nature of the agreement

What price, justice?: Jackson's cost review

29 January 2010
At what cost?: Lord Justice Jackson's costs review

15 January, 2010
ACE agreements: Altogether now

04 December 2009
Existential matters: Novation

06 November 2009
Law of limitation: And your time starts … now!

23 October 2009
Take the fifth: Liability for design mistakes

25 September 2009
Repugnant behaviour

11 September 2009
Green paper: Eco-ratings in contracts

14 August 2009
All for one: The OGC's contract decision

24 July 2009

Blessed are the peacemakers: Contentious vs non-contentious law

22 January 2010
A feeling for snow

6 January, 2010
Minimum damage: Liquidated damages

06 November 2009
Legal costs: And you say we won?

30 October 2009
Gaps in the framework

02 October 2009
JCT for major projects: I Love you just the way you are

18 September 2009
‘Valid’ doesn’t mean ‘true’: withholding payment

04 September 2009
Turning of the tide: Super litigation

07 August 2009
Electro-shock blues

24 July 2009