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CommentWhat price victory? Winning back legal costs
You’ve won a legal battle so it’s only reasonable you get your costs reimbursed, isn’t it? Ah, if only it were that simple
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CommentTime and punishment: Interest on unfair debt
If you don’t pay a legitimate debt, you are liable for interest on top. That’s only fair. But what if the creditor was at fault in some way, or the invoice was wrong?
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Fancy a change? How to be an expert witness
If you’ve just been made redundant, it might be time to consider a career as an expert witness. Here are a few tips to get you started …
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NewsDas Capital: Linz music theatre
Construction began this week on the €117.6m (£106m) Linz Neues Musiktheatre in Linz, the European Capital of Culture 2009
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Developers commit to world’s largest off-shore wind farm
The developers behind plans for the London Array, the world’s largest off-shore wind farm in the Thames estuary, have said the project will go ahead after months of speculation over its future
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NewsBovis boss: government spending lifeline is failing
Chief executive Pollard says spending having little effect as he announces restructuring and redundancies
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NewsPhase Brum: Building's networking club in Birmingham
More than 150 young construction professionals turned out last Thursday for Building’s Phase One networking event in Birmingham
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TrustMark begs for state funding
The chief executive of TrustMark, the scheme launched four years ago to protect consumers against cowboy builders, has appealed to the government for more funding to keep the initiative afloat during the recession
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NFB urges council framework rethink
The National Federation of Builders is launching a campaign challenging councils’ exclusion of small firms from their framework schemes
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NewsDown by the water: Tower Hamlets homes
Tower Hamlets council has granted planning permission for these 121 canal-side dwellings, to be built on the site of a former business centre
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NewsFrench Polish: Galleria Pomorska, Bydgoszcz
London-based Colman Architects has released its proposed design for the upgrade of the Galleria Pomorska in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz
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NewsBlacklist victims to help draft anti-discrimination rules
Workers set to tell government to ban firms that used the blacklist from public projects
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FeaturesTrustMark: a £22k tale of horror
This is the story of a man who gave a TrustMark-registered firm £22k to renovate his home. What he got for his money was two weeks’ worth of work, three years of hell and a wrecked house. But how did the builder keep its reassuring logo?
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FeaturesSchool acoustics: Can you hear me at the back?
Teachers are being drowned out, education is suffering, and yet acoustics in schools seem to be getting worse, not better. Stephen Kennett reports on a rules review that could change the way we build
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FeaturesChange of route
It might lack something in glamour, but right now the public sector is proving to be one of the few hotspots in a barren landscape. No wonder many construction professionals are pulling in for an extended stay
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The tracker: Deceleration
The industry is still declining, but the rate has slowed, and the activity index is at an eight-month high. This may be the first step, says Experian Business Strategies, on the path to recovery
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NewsSolar, wind and flower power: Chelsea flower show
Architect Laurie Chetwood and landscape designer Patrick Collins have created this garden for the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show, which kicks off on Tuesday
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NewsNew blockwork wall system installed
Wembley Innovation says system will reduce number of 'wind posts' that need to be inseted along blockwork walls by 60%
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NewsCities as agricultural sources
Architecture students submit proposals for a self reliant future London