All Legal articles – Page 34
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CommentSupply chain: Facing the abyss
Carillion’s profit warning illustrates the precarious existence of big UK contractors. So, what protection is in place for the supply chain, should one of them fall? Nowhere near enough, it seems
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CommentAdjudication: New thoughts on smash and grab
A TCC decision last month has questioned whether existing case-law on ‘smash and grab’ adjudications should be reconsidered in light of Court of Appeal decisions
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NewsCompetition watchdog flags up Amec-Wood Group merger
Deal already in question due to Serious Fraud Office investigation into Amec Foster Wheeler
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NewsConstruction safety fines jump 83% in a year
New sentencing guidelines cause big spike in safety and corporate manslaughter pay-outs
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NewsLiverpool Chinatown developer to cease trading
Directors of North Point Global say brand “damaged beyond salvage”
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CommentWritten contracts: Pen and paper at the ready
Avoid the argy-bargy and uncertainty of an oral contract and get the thing down in writing
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CommentNEC4: Events, dear boy, events
NEC4 contains subtle changes to clause 61.3 that relate to compensation events and which await judicial clarification
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NewsLegal row hits £200m Liverpool Chinatown development
Local authority says developer CDC owes £950,000 in missed staged payments
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CommentCase in focus: Service of documents
A recent case illustrates a practical approach to the challenge of effecting good service upon a peripatetic respondent
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Archive TitlesLendlease ordered to pay £14.8m for falling glass
Glazing fell up to 17 Storeys from City of London office tower
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NewsT Clarke agrees £1.43m settlement in fraud row
M E specialist had announced £2.8m was missing from its accounts
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CommentIChemE’s Silver Book: Pieces of silver
A close look at what is contained in the IChemE’s new consultancy agreement for the development of process plants
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NewsSerious Fraud Office launches Amec Foster Wheeler probe
Probe relates to wider SFO probe into consultancy Unaoil
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Archive TitlesMPs warn of Brexit skills 'disaster' for construction
Call for transitional arrangement for immigrant workers
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CommentIntelligent contracts: Get smart
‘Smart’ contracts could be the next big thing in construction technology but will developers learn the lessons of BIM implementation? Sometimes it’s better to keep things simple
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CommentTaking the fifth
This year’s FIDIC White Book shows worthy progress. Here is a look at the latest iteration of the client/consultant model services agreement
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NewsLakehouse confirms ongoing Hackney fraud investigation
Probe centres on two housing contracts with Hackney Homes
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CommentAccident or certainty?
A recent High Court judgment provides useful guidance on the meaning of ‘accidental damage’ in the context of an all risks insurance policy
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CommentFact versus forecasts
How should the monetary effects of compensation events be assessed months after the event itself? There are two different schools of thought on that
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FeaturesBrexit and construction law: Changing times
One year on from the EU referendum, nobody knows how a post-Brexit world will look