Legal – Page 162
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It’s the tender process, stupid
The Fair Payment Charter is brimming with good intentions but unless it gets to grips with procurement, clients are unlikely to benefit
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Council serves CPO to start work on Colindale estate
First compulsory purchase order under 2004 planning legislation is served by Barnet Council
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NewsJCT pushes for more sustainable guidance in contracts
New industry consultation setup to comment on a stronger eco-stance and guidance in building contracts
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CommentThe price of intransigence
Mediation can be used as a ploy to cut down on costs at a later trial. But if a party is suspected of playing along with no intention of compromising, everyone can end up losing a lot of money
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NewsUCATT launches campaign to reverse asbestos ruling
Union to issue 100,000 postcards calling on Jack Straw to reverse decision to end compensation for pleural plaque victims
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NewsJudge imposes vibration limits on Pinnacle site
Developer of London's Pinnacle tower forced to keep demolition work within set limits
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Balfour Beatty repays PFI maintenance fees to client
Guidance change may mean contractors have to stop charging fees for all but major installations
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CommentWhat’s yours is mine
A retention may be held by an employer, but the money does not belong to it. This inconvenient fact is often overlooked by clients and main contractors – it’s so good for business, you see
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CommentThe £40,000 fix
Here’s a chilling tale from the year gone by. It’s about what happened when a subcontractor on a fixed-price contract was asked not to do some of the work it tendered for – but had to be paid for it all the same
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CommentWhat it all comes down to
How do we decide what is a reasonable extension of time? This basic question gives rise to all sorts of astonishingly complex answers, at the end of which we’re left with … common sense
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OGC starts payment charter review
The Office of Government Commerce has asked Rider Levett Bucknall to review payment practices so it can monitor the impact of its Fair Payment Charter.
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NewsCouncil prosecutes developer over holes in Putney Bridge
Property developer to be prosecuted over large holes drilled in Grade II-listed bridge in London
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Partnering contracts embrace project bank accounts
NEC and PPC2000 contracts will offer clients the option of using project bank accounts from the spring
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TCC judge given High Court status
Judge Peter Coulson now becomes Mr Justice Coulson after being officially sworn in at the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday
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Mott director sues for unfair dismissal
A former director of Mott MacDonald is taking the company to court for unfair dismissal and disability, age and sex discrimination.
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CommentWellies, muck and diggers
Construction dispute books, however erudite and authoritative, must brim with experience of the real world if they’re to be of use to those at the sharp end
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New twist in Helter Skelter court case
The team behind the £500m Helter Skelter tower in the City is to be accused of breaking a High Court injunction.
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Davies Arnold Cooper acquires KSB Law
Acquisition will boost revenue to £40m and allow expansion into private client law
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NewsErinaceous loses law suit
Erinaceous subsidiary Dunlop Haywards ordered to pay £325k after losing trial against to former director David Kahn
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CommentRaise a glass to the clerk of works
Who’s the most important man on a building site? Well, it depends on circumstances, but have you ever thought it might be the humble clerk of works? The chap with no powers but the one to make sure the job goes right?