Legal News – Page 4
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NewsDisputes rife between clients and main contractors
Survey shows almost half of respondents have been in at least one dispute over past 12 months
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NewsMorgan Sindall MD departs after 10 months
Ian Cheng’s role is made redundant, Morgan Sindall confirms
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NewsJudge slams 'frankly astonishing' Amey vs Birmingham row
Preliminary judgment criticises both parties’ behaviour in legal wrangle over £2.7bn highways contract
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NewsKier in court row over subbie discounts
Luxury London hotel takes contractor to court over “undisclosed discounts” secured from Mitie
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NewsContractors offer six-figure blacklist compensation
Building understands some defendants have offered out-of-court settlements to blacklisting victims
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NewsURS hits back at Costain in ongoing £10m High Court clash
Engineer lodges amended defence in dispute over south London £300m energy-from-waste project
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NewsOnly one in six building services firms set for BIM
ECA survey shows only 16% are fully prepared for mandatory use of Level 2 next year
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NewsNetwork Rail approves £130m Heathrow link amid review
Direct rail link from Reading to Heathrow gets green light amid review into projects in CP5 spending plan
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NewsLegal challenge to £85m Ordsall Chord thrown out
Top judge throws out legal challenge by engineer Mark Whitby, allowing project to go ahead
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NewsPlanning system grinding to a halt, survey finds
Major schemes in London taking 34 weeks to get to a decision
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NewsIllegal immigration clampdown begins in construction
Week-long inspection drive targets ‘rogue employers’
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NewsContractors make admissions of guilt in blacklisting super case
Eight firms make a ‘full and unreserved’ apology in effort to shorten High Court case
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NewsJohn Sisk and Shangri-La settle £57m Shard hotel dispute
Building believes no money to change hands on either side
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NewsCostain lodges £10m-plus High Court claim against URS
Contractor alleges URS failed to alert it that steel structures had `inadequate resistance to fatigue’
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NewsLegal action threatened over plans to axe solar subsidy
Friends of the Earth to explore legal options after government consults on scrapping solar feed-in tariff
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NewsPrivate equity firm circles Imtech UK
Private equity firm Endless in “exclusive negotiations” regarding buying Irish business and three subsidiaries, and is “interested” in UK
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NewsAdministrators reveal Longcross Construction owed £30m
Longcross Construction collapsed owing over £30m following ill-advised expansion
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NewsMace and Keltbray behind PC Harrington claims
Mace and Keltbray making total of £29.5m of claims against PC Harrington Contractors relating to works at Nova Victoria
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NewsImtech UK in talks over sale
Trustees of Imtech UK and Ireland are in discussions with interested parties over the long-term future of the business
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