All Legal articles – Page 76
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CommentIn at the deep end
A bolt-on to a standard contract for a swimming pool put the contractor into dispute with the facilities manager. But can a collateral warranty within a contract be referred to adjudication?
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CommentWhat's in a name?
The TCC has reviewed the law in relation to misnomer and shown that courts are able to call on extrinsic evidence when something goes wrong with the naming of a party
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CommentBe aware of serial defects clauses
A recurring clause in civils work contracts on wind farms can be problematic
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CommentSection 144: What about commercial property?
When redeveloping an empty property, the project can be at risk of delay from squatters. The law now protects residential stock – should the same happen with commercial buildings?
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NewsCH2M Hill ‘must act’ on Qatar 2022 worker exploitation
Programme manager on World Cup asked to intervene on build project that ‘could cost up to 4,000 lives’
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NewsCorruption 'still common' in construction
CIOB survey finds that more than one in three construction professionals have been offered a bribe or incentive
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NewsMain contractors non-payment blamed for M&E firm's collapse
Administrator says non-payment by main contractors sent sub-contractor into administration
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NewsUK Green Building Council seals deal with Ecobuild
The UK Green Building Council and Ecobuild have signed a deal cementing a long-term partnership
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NewsCinema built in wrong place twice allowed to stand
Council gives cinema complex in Cambridgeshire retrospective planning approval after it was built in the wrong place for a second time
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CommentPress "send" in haste, repent at leisure
Owing to the dominance of e-communications it is easier than ever to record the wrong thing
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CommentStop scrabbling around
The losing party in an adjudication sometimes tries to come up with a reason not to pay. But, however ingenious the argument, the court is likely to enforce the adjudicator’s decision
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NewsLegal 500 2013: Building columnists make top-lawyer list
See which of the writers in our legal section appeared in this year’s Legal 500
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NewsHammerson's £130m Leeds retail scheme approved
City councillors award planning to Victoria Gate project
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CommentResponsible parenting
When it comes to competition law, parent companies need to keep a close eye on their subsidiaries, even if they operate independently
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CommentInsolvency and adjudication
An adjudicator decides who has to pay what to whom - a decision that is binding. But what happens when the payee is insolvent and any money paid may never be seen again?
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NewsLabour promises blacklisting inquiry
Labour has pledged to hold a full inquiry into blacklisting in the construction industry
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Archive TitlesRachel Barnes' first column: February 1997
As we bid a fond farewell to our legal columnist Rachel Barnes this week we dig into the archives to reproduce her first ever column from February 1997
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CommentClaims under collateral warranties
In her final column for Building, Rachel Barnes looks at a case that sheds some light on the thorny question of whether a claim under a collateral warranty can be referred to adjudication
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NewsCrackdown on 'tax cheat' builders in London
HMRC launches taskforce as Labour pledges to tackle bogus self employment