All Legal articles – Page 113
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CommentGet your excess clauses out
Though the customer may not always be right, it can too often be blamed for waste. In fact, it’s frequently a contractor’s excess clauses that cost the client cash
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CommentScottish arbitration: Join the rebellion
There’s a movement afoot in Scottish arbitration, and the mood is spreading south of the border. The demands are simple: total arbitration revolution
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CommentCivil Litigation Costs: Sousa vs London borough of Waltham Forest council
Until legislation is passed to alter the situation, local authorities can be stung by 100% success fees when claims are made against them
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CommentThe last judgment
Today’s lesson comes from the book of Ecclesiastical and wrestles with questions of choice, free will, causation - and whether it’s OK to tell the odd porkie
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Common mistakes in…choosing a mediator
The latest in our dos and don’ts series looks at how best to choose a mediator
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CommentAdjudication: The good book
We’ve had 475 judgments since adjudication first came in and it’s a very different beast today. So the second edition of Peter Coulson’s tome on the subject is a must-read
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NewsOFT decides not to appeal construction recruitment case
Reduction of 64% of recruiter fines will stand
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NewsDraft planning framework 'not green enough'
Lobbyists round on “unofficial” national planning framework
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CommentQ is for quantum, R is for repudiation
Don’t like the terms of a contract? Michael Conroy Harris continues our jargon-busting series and explains how you can repudiate it or make a quantum claim
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CommentWhat’s the returns policy?
If you refer a case for adjudication but don’t like the look of the appointed adjudicator, can you send him packing and ask for another one?
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PFIs: Do your paperwork
A PFI acceptance certificate is a crucial document but you need to know how it differs from an acceptance certificate issued on a traditional construction project
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FeaturesLegal tax avoidance: No place to hide
Legal tax avoidance is practised widely, but with mounting pressure from protest groups and the chancellor, is it still worth it? Here we weigh the financial benefits against the reputational risk
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CommentIt’ll all come out in the wash
Ever since the Proceeds of Crime Act came into effect, construction has feared unwittingly getting caught up in money laundering. But recent cases should make us worry less
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NewsSteeplejack firm fined £100k after fatal fall
Central (High Rise) is also ordered to pay £32,00 costs after two accidents in 18 months
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NewsOlympic Village contractor faces winding up petitions
Legal action taken by a number of creditors in the Irish High Court
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NewsNetwork Rail fined £3m for Potters Bar crash
Fine marks the end of ORR proceedings against Network Rail
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NewsContractor rapped after cinema collapses onto carriageway
Demolition specialist fined £5,000 for collapse in rush hour
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CommentNovation: Let's innovate
A client novates its design team in order to offload risk to the contractor, but in doing so it also loses access to consultants who can offer vital advice. So what’s the alternative?
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NewsGalliford Try: 'contracts must be linked to material prices'
Firm negotiates with clients to spread risk of rising material costs over long-term projects
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CommentThe new Construction Act: The daft draft
A lot of people say a clause in the new Construction Act approves the pre-dispute allocation of legal costs - the opposite of what was intended. Let’s get it sorted