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CommentTable talk
The Milan furniture fair is where commerce meets style. This year, it was also visited by a new seriousness, reflecting the way design comments on the society that creates it
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CommentMr Justice Jackson vs Gaymark
The issues of extensions of time and liquidated damages are of crucial importance in commercial contracts – hence the importance of the controversial Gaymark principle
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Rain check
CA Blackwell (Contracts) Ltd (“Blackwell”) is a contractor with expertise in earthworks involved in motorway construction. Blackwell had successfully tendered for the earthworks on parts of the M60. Blackwell was responsible for insuring adequate temporary drainage for the earthworks and took out a policy with Gerling Allegemeine Verichergungs (“Gerling”) for ...
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CommentYes, folks, it’s the fab follies
A client bent on scuppering an adjudication can whistle up all sorts of loony tunes – including favourites such as ‘There Ain’t No Contract in Writing’, ‘Git that Adjudicator Outta Here’ and ‘Here Come the Judge’. Altogether now…
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CommentActually, we can handle the truth
The government is still not prepared to admit the real cost of the Olympics, but treating us like children and hoping that nobody will notice when it creeps towards £12bn is asking for trouble
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CommentSit back, relax …
Why drag yourself out of the office to an industry seminar when you can watch one from the comfort of your own desk? Alex Smith sings the praises of webinars …
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The case for suspenders
It was thought that the Construction Act said any client that failed to issue a withholding notice five days before the final date of payment was obliged to pay the contractor in full. But that was before three law lords said otherwise …
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There’s no excuse for lateness
State your case The courts no longer take a relaxed view of any failure to meet adjudication’s many deadlines, however minor, says Laurenz Maurer. Here’s what you need to know ...
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Listen to Leitch
I read with interest Sir Digby Jones’ article on the need for increased training for young people in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics (27 April, page 34).
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CommentIt doesnt work like that
I read with interest the article on energy performance certificates (EPC) (27 April, page 64-66). The premise of the survey – that EPCs will have an immediate effect on landlords and tenants – betrays a misunderstanding of the mechanics of EPCs.
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CommentDark and dangerous work
Don’t worry. If life lacks excitement after the Wembley peace treaty, it’s a safe bet in our industry that a fresh outbreak of hostilities won’t be far off.
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Home Rule
The parties entered into a JCT With Contractor’s Design contract for the construction of 114 residential apartments in Manchester. This case concerns the enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision. During the adjudication, Crosby Homes raised three jurisdictional challenges:1 There was no jurisdiction under the “side agreements”2 ...
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Hitting the books
The appellant, Charter Partnership Ltd (“Charter”), is a firm of architects which designed a warehouse that was leased to the respondent, Pearson Education Ltd (“Pearson”). Pearson suffered financial loss when a number of books it owned which were stored in the warehouse were damaged in a flood at the warehouse. ...
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CommentSculpture clash
When it comes to public art, there are two schools of thought: ‘plonk art’, where you plonk down a slab by a big-name artist, and a more local, integrated approach. Tarek Merlin offers a few lessons on both methods
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CommentMade to measure
In the old days, a claim for disruption was a kind of generalised moan about things getting fouled up. These days, there are all kinds of ways of putting a figure on the costs. Here’s how it works
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CommentGiant leaps
The gold rush, the space race ... the US psyche likes nothing more than a bit of competition, which might be good news as it finally begins to acknowledge the green agenda.