Helen Garthwaite

  • Helen Garthwaite
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    Infrastructure Bill: More moral fibre, please

    2015-03-20T06:00:00

    The government has withdrawn amendments that would have made life less risky for those introducing broadband fibre. The onus is on developers to act themselves

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    Commitment issues

    2010-04-09T00:00:00

    Helen Garthwaite and Brad Fearn The carbon trading scheme was launched last week, and you need to know what the new rules could mean for you – including who will pay for it all

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    Sustainability legislation: A green path to recovery?

    2009-05-08T14:26:00

    Sustainability seems to have dropped off the agenda somewhat since the recession, but research has revealed that there is still an appetite in the industry for green solutions

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    Worse than triffids: Japanese knotweed

    2008-11-14T00:00:00

    Clauses relating to Japanese knotweed still feature in construction contracts despite the arrival of killer bugs

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    Supercasinos: Manchester’s legal gamble

    2008-03-20T00:00:00

    Manchester council says it may sue over the decision to axe the supercasino. But will it succeed? And what are the wider questions for construction?

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    Bespoke and be damned

    2007-11-23T00:00:00

    In the latest of our series on tricky terms and perplexing conditions, Helen Garthwaite looks at bespoke clauses to extend a contractor’s right to payment – and why they are likely to fall down

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    Traps on the money trail

    2007-09-21T00:00:00

    Killer clauses In the latest of our series on tricky terms and perplexing conditions, Helen Garthwaite looks at the pitfalls that may be concealed in the wording of a bonus mechanism

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    The devil in the detail

    2007-08-03T00:00:00

    Heard the one about the contractor/consultant/client laid low by a few innocent-sounding sentences in their contract? In the first of a series, Helen Garthwaite looks at a cap on liability

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    Dont get burned this October

    2006-08-25T00:00:00

    Helen Garthwaite, partner in law firm Taylor Wessing, takes a look at the fire regulations and the issues set to face the industry when the latest changes are implemented this autumn

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    Taking the easy way out

    2006-06-23T00:00:00

    Cynics in the mediation fraternity have raised doubts that TCC judges will be any good as mediators, but unhappy souls embroiled in litigation may have another view

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    Get the message?

    2006-02-10T00:00:00

    It seems harsh to say that the failure to answer an email, because you dismissed it as spam, can lead to defeat in an arbitration case. But it's true

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    Studying the form

    2005-12-16T00:00:00

    This year the JCT caused quite a stir when it decided to revamp its entire suite of contracts (see Building, 24 June), but it’s the changes to the design contracts – Design and Build Contract and the Intermediate Contract with Design – that have created most interest.

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    Spoilt for choice

    2005-09-23T00:00:00

    At last we have a contract that caters for third-party rights, but this extra option in the new JCT design-and-build contract could pose a problem

  • Helen Garthwaite
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    Spirit of the games

    2005-07-15T00:00:00

    Over the next seven years, can the construction industry finally ditch its adversarial reputation and embrace the ideals of the Olympic movement?

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    Check it out

    2005-06-24T00:00:00

    The revamped JCT suite of contracts has finally begun to arrive. So what’s changed, what’s stayed the same – and what do you have to look out for?