Legal News – Page 20
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NewsSpecial planning court could tackle legal delays
Government says new specialised planning court could make speedy decisions over judicial review applications for major projects
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NewsCrossrail blacklist row electrician gets job back
Electrician Frank Morris returns to work after year-long dispute and campaign by Unite union
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NewsFury at regulator’s plan to wrap retrofit work in red tape
Industry figures slam Ofgem’s plan to require two surveyors to sign off some retrofit work
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NewsHealth and safety watchdog in fresh crackdown
Health and Safety Executive to make unannounced inspections of refurbishment sites
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NewsWalkie Talkie tower is 'melting cars'
Sun’s rays reflected from Land Securities and Canary Wharf tower blamed for melted car panels
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NewsMiller project still ablaze six days on
Major fire at police firearms training centre in Portishead was first spotted last Tuesday
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NewsBam Nuttall pays £33m to settle busway dispute
Legal battle over Cambridgeshire Guided Busway settled out of court
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NewsCouncils seek ‘whitelist’ to bar blacklist firms from contracts
GMB union asked to produce list of contractors who have not been implicated in industry scandal
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NewsGlenn Howells director quits to help asbestos trial father
Marcus Lee leaves position to help co-ordinate defence of former RMJM director Vernon
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NewsFire takes hold at Miller construction site
Under-construction ‘state-of-the-art’ £16m police firearms range near Bristol ablaze
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NewsEmployers bid for place on asbestos claims scheme
National Federation of Builders lobbies Department of Work and Pensions to ensure builders are not left open to liabilities
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine lays out its blacklist defence
Contractor denies liability for damages caused by the use of blacklisting organisation and details involvement of other firms
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NewsMuseum of Liverpool architect ordered to pay further £1.2m damages
Judge has now awarded museum more than £2m from Manchester-based AEW due to project’s major technical problems
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NewsStoke council stung by construction fraud claims
Government investigation finds evidence of fraudulent activity on construction projects managed by Stoke council
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NewsAsbestos claim against ex-RMJM bosses to go ahead
Sir Andrew Derbyshire and Vernon Lee to face court in asbestos poisoning case after Bett Homes decides to proceed with action
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NewsVolkerFitzpatrick sues Keller for millions
Exclusive: Contractor takes legal action against specialist over major defects on Bristol wine warehouse job
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NewsRMJM old guard in anxious wait over asbestos claim
Firm’s former partners, both 89, to hear more this week on whether £1.25m compensation claim will go to court
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NewsClaims over problem basements cost millions
NHBC warns that industry must improve the design and construction of basements to avoid ballooning costs
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NewsLord Sugar helps Hackney Empire to £1.6m bond win
Judge highlights Lord Sugar’s role in helping theatre to bring sucessful case in long-running construction bond dispute
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NewsUKCG chairman tells firms to ‘seize initiative’ on blacklisting
James Wates urges members to act over the fallout from industry blacklisting