All Legal articles – Page 135
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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?
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NewsBlacklisted worker wins fight against terror injunction
Judge describes Scottish & Southern Energy's case against sacked electrician as 'fanciful bordering on paranoid'
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NewsS G Hart vs the Smiths: Adjudication claims
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses whether it is possible to set off liquidates damages against a previous adjudication
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NewsArchitect tried to smother wife with pillow
Jurors at the Old Bailey hear how Clive Wille threatened to kill his wife after she asked for a divorce
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NewsTerrorism Act may stop worker protesting at power station
Scottish and Southern Energy is seeking an injunction arguing the picketing over worker's dismissal is a threat to UK energy supply
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NewsRogers may sue Qatari Diar over Chelsea barracks
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners could take legal action over £2m in unpaid fees against client that sacked it from controversial scheme
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CommentAdjudication awards: Logical deductions
If a party loses an adjudication and is ordered to pay up, can it set this sum off against anything it thinks it is owed from a subsequent adjudication award?
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NewsConstruction Bill amendment frees up PFI lending
Last-minute amendment as bill passed by Commons will reduce investment risk for PFI consortiums