All Legal articles – Page 93
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FeaturesInsurance special report: BIM
The rise of collaboration software has created a lot of questions for insurers - not least how to divide up and assign blame if anything goes wrong
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CommentCIL: Nice little earner
The Community Infrastructure Levy was brought in to speed up development but the tariffs being set seem so arbitrary – and so hard to challenge – that it could have just the opposite effect
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NewsCarillion: Trade union condoned blacklisting
Contractor claims unions were aware of database and condoned use to exclude ‘extremist elements’
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NewsLabour calls for watchdog to act on blacklisting
Shadow business secretary urges Information Commissioner to take “swift and proactive” action on notifying blacklisted workers
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NewsSolar legal claim swells to £50m
More firms join legal action against government over illegal cut to solar feed-in-tariff
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NewsCarillion hits back at GMB over blacklisting claims
Richard Howson condemns union’s ‘appalling’ letter-writing campaign targeting contractor’s public sector clients
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CommentBIM: Who does what and when?
Central to the introduction of BIM level 2 will be a protocol that ensures that everyone knows what they can expect from the other parties on the project
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CommentChanges to employment law
The government appears to be attempting to reduce the burden on employers. Here are five changes to employment law that are worth keeping an eye on
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CommentReturn of the Judge: Lord Dyson
Few people have had greater influence over construction disputes than Lord Dyson, presiding judge of the TCC from 1998 to 2001. Now he’s been made Master of the Rolls
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NewsWatchdog poised to identify hundreds of blacklist victims
Exclusive: Information Commissioner’s latest move could ‘massively’ swell High Court action against contractors
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NewsMPs slam Information Commissioner over blacklisting
Scottish Affairs select committee questions why 95% of Consulting Association’s written files not examined
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CommentContesting an arbitration award
If you are going to contest an arbitration award, it is important to be aware of the 28-day time limit - and when those 28 days begin …
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CommentPitfalls of converting commercial to residential
In the current economic climate converting commercial premises into residential property may seem like a sensible option. But beware some of the pitfalls
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CommentWind farms and misleading photomontages
Concern is growing that some wind farm developers are using misleading photomontages to support their planning applications
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CommentOperational risks on power station projects
Construction contracts on power projects contain a host of operational requirements, but the testing of the plant’s performance can cause sparks to fly
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CommentThe CIL needs urgently addressing
If two technical issues are not resolved, the Community Infrastructure Levy could actually hinder new development
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NewsFirm fined after worker loses leg at Sellafield
Building services firm ordered to pay out over £70,000
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NewsM&S sues Lend Lease for £1.4m
Retailer suing contractor after the failure of glass works in a store in Manchester
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CommentHousing: Death of section 106?
The government’s housing and growth initiative may have hammered another nail in the coffin of the traditional means of paying for affordable housing
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CommentOnce more unto the breach
When does a delay to a project become sufficiently serious to incur a repudiatory breach, allowing the contract to be terminated?