All Legal articles – Page 148
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NewsContractor fined £3,000 for inadequate asbestos training
HSE prosecutes electrical contractor for failing to make employee aware of asbestos risks
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NewsElectrician sentenced for fraud
Maidstone worker who cheated creditors of £30,000 given suspended 51-week sentence
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NewsResidents sue over collapse at prize-winning Bristol flats
Hearing set for next month after balconies cave in at luxury Feilden Clegg Bradley scheme
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CommentCan’t pay? Will pay: How well does the system work
If someone owes you money, you can go to adjudication to get them to pay. And if they ignore that you can go to court. But how well does the system actually work?
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NewsBoris will sue if Heathrow expansion approved
Mayor confirms he will mount a legal challenge if Brown greenlights a third runway this week
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CommentThe bold and the bankers: Review of 2008
The year gone was notable for the rewarding of bravery, financial fraud and the death of an old friend
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NewsFoster + Partners dragged into £253m Wembley case
Multiplex has dragged architects Foster + Partners and HOK into its £253m legal row with Mott MacDonald over Wembley stadium
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Unions threaten legal action as firms aim to slash pay
Contractors rush to reduce payroll costs as recession puts pressure on wage agreements
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CommentA grave omission: Adjudicators decisions
The Construction Act needs to make clear that when an adjudicator tells a party to pay out, that decision should be enforced even if counterclaims are made
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CommentThe year of the lawyer: Predictions
Next year, workloads will shrink and firms will be more aggressive, so 2009 is likely to be a boom time for one group of professionals at least …
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NewsHampshire firm fined for scaffolding injury
HSE blames failure to keep other workers clear of scaffold dismantling for injury by falling pole
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NewsLandlord sues government tenant for £300,000
Environment department is alleged to have failed in a duty to maintain the Windsor property it occupied
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NewsConstruction company sues for compensation after blaze
Aldgate Construction Company demands over £300,000 for heating firm's alleged negligence
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NewsContractor sues architect for £142,000
Able Construction alleges breach of contract by David Uhlar
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NewsAccused firms left in limbo as OFT delays inquiry results
Contractors lobby for ‘reasonable’ penalties as watchdog holds back details of fines for up to six months
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CommentTricks with contracts: PFI and the Construction Act
A draft bill to outlaw ‘pay when certified’ clauses leaves PFI lawyers wondering how to secure reasonable cash flow for clients. Here are some ideas
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CommentWith the pope’s blessing: Awarding interest
Usury may be a sin, but that doesn’t mean it’s against the law. But then, working out just what the law does say about charging interest can be a bit of a poser …
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NewsCarillion and Grimshaw sued over Bath Spa
Bath and North East Somerset Council sue for £21m over disastrous Bath project
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Government attacked over £1bn Construction Act claim
Lawyers say BERR’s figures for savings brought by reform of Construction Act ‘do not stack up’
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NewsCredit insurance shortage ‘will bring down SMEs’
Insurers’ refusal to provide non-payment cover means firms will ‘fall like dominoes’, experts warn