All Legal articles – Page 135
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Industry slams payment law plans
A new group has been created out of the soon-to-be dissolved Construction Confederation to lobby parliament over the poor drafting of payment clauses in the Construction Bill
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NewsLovells fined for seven-year-old's death
Housebuilder ordered to pay up £75,000 after child falls from three storey building
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NewsLaing O'Rourke fined over Heathrow death
Contractor pays £150k in fines and legal costs after concrete slab fell and killed one worker and left another with serious injuries
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NewsJPA Design & Build vs Sentosa (UK): Setting off damages
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a dispute over the design and construction of a medical centre
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CommentIn banks we trust: Project bank accounts
One reason disputes turn nasty is that the payee suspects that the payer is coming up with spurious excuses not to pay. Luckily, there’s something we can do about this
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Laing O'Rourke PFI team claims millions in costs
A consortium including Laing O’Rourke and John Laing has launched a legal battle to reclaim millions of pounds in costs over the scrapped £711m Leicester Hospitals PFI scheme
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CommentMinimum damage: Liquidated damages
Liquidated damages are often fought over, but rarely understood. Here’s a guide to the pitfalls to avoid when trying to claim them …
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Existential matters: Novation
It is not always easy to tell whether a novation has taken place. Here’s a case that ended up in court because one side swore blind that the contract had been novated
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NewsLaing O’Rourke JV sues over scrapped £711m PFI hospitals
Consortium also including John Laing takes multimillion-pound claim over scrapped Leicester scheme to the High Court
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NewsTreasury to consult on public procurement process
PricewaterhouseCoopers to carry out surveys and interviews on effectiveness of competitive dialogue procedure
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NewsEricsson AB vs EADS: Interim injunctions
Our Fenwick Elliot expert discusses a dispute over a government contract
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Sir Robert McAlpine faces £3.4m writ for rusty pipes
Sir Robert McAlpine is being sued for more than £3.4m by law firm Linklaters over M&E work at its Silk Street office in the City of London
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CommentContracts: Are you a cavalier or a roundhead?
You can have all the collaboration and co-operation you like in this industry of ours, but fundamentally the Roundheads are right: it’s all about the contract …
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Legal costs: And you say we won?
As Costain vs Haswell shows, judges are using exact measures to work out who pays how much of the legal costs. The results should give a lot of litigants pause for thought
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NewsFirms and director fined after 'shocking' asbestos exposure
Building services and packaging firms punished over unsafe removal of hazardous material from Manchester site
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NewsLinklaters sues Sir Robert McAlpine for failed M&E work
Law firm launches £3.4m lawsuit after water leak in its London offices
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NewsCandy & Candy threatens to sue over Chelsea Barracks
Developer instructs lawyers to start dispute process against Project Blue to recover over unpaid fees
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CommentDubai disputes: Arbitrary judgment
Now that the only thing booming in Dubai is disputes, queues are forming outside arbitrators’ doors. But arbitration in the UAE has to be speeded up. Here’s how …
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Leeds council prepares to sue OFT firms
Leeds council has become the first public body to state that it will take action against contractors over the Office of Fair Trading’s tender malpractice inquiry
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Law of limitation: And your time starts … now!
New legislation is on the way (at last) to reform the law of limitation of actions. But should it be a single limitation period and if so for how long: three, six or 10 years?