Legal – Page 137
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NewsOFT says six firms paid or received compensation payments
Fines imposed on Bowmer and Kirkland, Durkan, Herbert Baggaley, Mansell, Thomas Fish and Wildgoose Construction
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NewsWillmott Dixon may appeal against £4.5m OFT fine
Contractor will 'carefully consider' details of decision over cover pricing and grounds for appeal
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NewsGalliford Try set to appeal against OFT fine
Contractor says it did not gain financially from practice of cover pricing
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NewsKier suffers £18m OFT fine
Contractor slapped with largest bid rigging fine while nine more are hit by penalties of over £5m
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NewsBid rigging firms hit by massive OFT fines
Contractors found guilty of cover pricing ordered to pay severe fines totalling £130m
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NewsOFT press release: Construction firms fined for illegal bid-rigging
Over 100 firms have been fined a total of £129.5m for bid rigging by the OFT
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NewsFormer Alfred McAlpine directors jailed for fraud
Senior construction executives made up about £10m of expected payments, and deceived auditors by showing them stockpiles of slate with the other crates empty
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CommentWestfield fit-out dispute: An everyday story of building folk
This shopfitting dispute sounds hair-raising, but it is really nothing out of the ordinary. That’s because people who work in construction are like everyone else: they mess up
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NewsEU complaint delays water regs by six months
The implementation of water-saving regulations has been delayed for six months after a last-minute EU intervention
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Unlimited liability time on cards
Contractors could be left with huge bills and no insurance, if a proposed law is passed
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NewsDoon Street scheme planning decision upheld
High Court rejects opposition to leisure and residential development by English Heritage and Westminster council
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CommentJCT for major projects: I Love you just the way you are
The clear, efficient and comprehensive JCT Major Project Construction Contract is about as good a form as you’ll find. But don’t go trying to change it …
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NewsInternational anti-corruption initiative to be launched
UK will be among seven countries involved in a pilot scheme to improve transparency in public sector construction
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NewsRICS faces legal action over New Rules of Measurement
Construction Confederation furious at exclusion from document, which it says breaches its copyright
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CommentRepugnant behaviour
A recent case has shown that the more serious a breach of contract, the less likely it is that a court will accept an exclusion of liability clause
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CommentBook review: Last-minute booking
Forget chick lit – the best summer reads address building procurement and the JCT contract. And, gratifyingly, the authors come up with exactly the right conclusions
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OFT drops cases against ‘up to a dozen’ firms
Charges have been dropped against a number of firms investigated as part of the Office of Fair Trading’s inquiry into tender malpractice in the construction industry, following concerns over the evidence offered by one witness
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Judge proposes test cases to resolve blacklist legal actions
Workers who are taking legal action against employers on the grounds that they were refused employment after being blacklisted may have their fate decided by three test cases in north-west England
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NewsAuthorities arrest 21 people in dawn raids
Cash and class A drugs seized by officers investigating multimillion-pound construction fraud
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NewsTwo firms fined after teenage worker's accident
Scottish contractors to pay out £9,000 after 19-year-old labourer fell nearly 10m through factory roof