All Legal articles – Page 81
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CommentEveryone's a loser
The players in this case saw the chance to make a big profit. But unfortunately, when the banking crisis came and they fell out, it led to both sides having to shell out
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CommentEnigmatic variations
Variations are difficult to avoid in construction work, but two recent cases show that there is plenty of scope for disagreement over how they should be valued
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CommentAdjudication: Beat the clock
It is, of course, possible to get an adjudication overturned in court, but if the original case is heard only years after the event, things can get complicated
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NewsMorrison faces strike ballot in Leeds
Mears-owned contractor faces action from three unions over proposed changes to pay and conditions
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CommentLegal brief: Land banking
The devil will be in the detail if Labour’s ‘use it or lose it’ plan for developers sitting on land that has been granted planning permission ever comes into law
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NewsGordon Murray Architects’ biomass plant rejected
Project will face public enquiry after Dundee councillors object to plans
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CommentPartnering's tough side
There is no contradiction in the PPC standard form’s obligation to act in a ‘spirit of trust, fairness and mutual co-operation’ and a client’s contractual right to terminate
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CommentExtension-of-time disputes
Assessing an extension-of-time dispute is tricky. Experts need to be able to transport themselves back to the time of the delay and take in the view from there
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CommentLegal brief: Changes to whistleblowing law
Changes to the law surrounding employees becoming whistleblowers come into effect today. Here’s what you need to know
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NewsMcArdle collapse leaves creditors £5.3m out of pocket
Administrator finds funds to pay 61% of value of trade creditors’ bills, while around half the firm’s 155 staff have been made redundant
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CommentBuilding Act: A pier entrance can be deceptive
Hastings council’s decision to close part of the town pier due to fears over its structural integrity put the provisions of the Building Act 1984 to the test - with perhaps surprising results
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NewsSweett launches probe into bribery allegations
Firm denies knowledge of alleged historic incident involving employee in Morocco
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NewsLabour fires warning over land 'hoarding'
Labour is set to outline proposal to tackle land banking to boost housebuilding numbers, inlcuding fining developers
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CommentAmended standard forms: Just say no
‘Amended’ standard forms are a cunning ruse that use pages and pages of modifications to pile risk onto subbies. But why do they agree to sign them?
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NewsBuilding regulations to be integrated into BIM
Working group looks at ways to integrate regulations, planning and health and safety requirements into BIM models
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NewsSurveyor jailed after double life as graffiti vandal
A building surveyor has been jailed for 3½ years after being convicted of spray painting graffiti on an ‘industrial scale’
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CommentJV agreements: Common provisions
Five of the most important provisions in a joint venture agreement
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CommentBahrain: Construction opportunities in the ‘land of the two seas’
Bahrain is a pure and sacred place known as “the Pearl of the Arabian Gulf” – and a place with an increasing number of opportunities for UK construction
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NewsSellafield fined £700k for dumping radioactive waste
Firm pleaded guilty to seven counts of sending irradiated waste to a landfill site
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CommentLimitation periods and adjudication
The idea of adjudication is that it has no bearing on any subsequent litigation or arbitration, but in this case a clever argument tried to get around that principle