All Legal articles – Page 165
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NewsBAA wins ban on select Heathrow protestors
High Court ruling denies three individuals access to a week-long demonstration opposing aiport expansion
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CommentAn exemplary disaster
Fail to renew your public liability insurance at your peril, as this dreadful tale of a family-run electrical firm, a little old lady’s bungalow and some (possibly) poorly rigged festoon cabling proves
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NewsHips warning for estate agents
The Office of Fair Trading says estate agents could face a ban if they do not comply with Hips
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NewsCarillion goes to court over scrapped £1.2bn deal
Contractor sues Bradford council for £40m over contract – and others may follow suit if it wins
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CommentThe battle of Easingwold
Margaret Tomlinson wanted an extension for her terraced home. Okay, said the builder, that will be £19,500, please. It was downhill all the way after that, ending up in a trial that lasted six-and-a-half days…
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Davis Langdon poaches two directors to boost legal team
Davis Langdon has recruited two legal directors from Northcrofts Management Services: Chris Ennis and Richard Edwin.
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Candy & Candy accuses builder of stealing name
Residential developer is accusing the Magri Group of using its name on the Candy Wharf scheme in Mile End
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NewsMetronet goes into administration
Ownership transfers from stakeholders including Atkins and Balour Beatty to administrator Ernst and Young
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NewsHGB chief to Business Council: "More communication needed"
Richard Gregory criticises the absence of any senior construction industry figures on the new Business Council for Britain
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Ucatt steps up ODA battle
Union takes complaints over ‘sordid’ self-employment at Olympics to Treasury and Revenue
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Bovis finance director lost job before joining
Bovis Lend Lease paid off its incoming finance director one week before he was due to start work in May.
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Mears denies ‘massaging’ figures as inquiry opens
Housing Corporation examines claims that repair firm provided false tenant satisfaction figures
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CommentJCT sleeps with the fishes
Standard forms are supposed to make things easy, but that wasn’t exactly the builder’s experience in Reinwood vs Brown. Maybe it’s time the whole lot were taken for a ride …
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CommentNo more boobs
As the Chinese say, a man who makes a mistake and does not correct it makes another mistake. This should be born in mind by the DTI in its present review of the Construction Act
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NewsPrescott was advised against Vauxhall skyscraper
Freedom of Information memo reveals Former deputy PM's officials rejected the Broadway Malyan tower he approved in 2005
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NewsLDA assumes full legal ownership of Games site
Agency now has the right to enforce CPOs on affected Stratford businesses after year's end
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Honeywell caught in illegal music filesharing investigation
Wembley engineering firm potentially faces unlimited fines in first British workplace music piracy case
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'More legal loopholes in Hips', claim critics
Packs will be 'totally unenforcable' with some easy legal sidestepping
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New twist in battle for Croydon
Arrowcroft has added a theatre to its £600m Croydon Gateway scheme in south London.