Opinion – Page 529
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CommentA waste of energy
When you put out a tender, you often get a bid that comes in 40% lower than the rest. The thing to do is to save yourself a lot of trouble and bin it …
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CommentHang on, Ken
The latest column by one of our graduate panel asks how you square the London mayor’s renewable energy targets with planning rules – and the developer’s bottom line
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Hot air
The defendants installed an extractor fan on their property which protruded through the side of the wall into the claimant’s rear garden. The claimant commenced legal proceedings arguing that the extractor fan trespassed into her garden and that it also constituted a nuisance. The claimant sought an injunction requiring the ...
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CommentRed-tape rollback
The European commission has taken the first tentative steps in its campaign to make EU businesses more competitive by cutting regulation. And there’s a long way to go …
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CommentLet the games end
More and more decent contractors are opting out of tricky public projects. If the government wants us back to build its Olympics, it’ll just have to outlaw retentions
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CommentGoing global
Global expansion should never be a vanity project and requires mastery of a tricky formula, but the payback for clients, staff and corporation can be immense
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CommentWonders & blunders
Euan McEwan applauds the contextual subtlety of the Glasgow School of Art and decries a brutal misfit in rural Bedfordshire
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CommentLet’s be reasonable
We should get one or two things straight at the outset. We’re not against the Building Regulations.
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Out of time
This was a reclaiming motion from a decision of Lord Eassie of 14 April 2004. The pursuer was seeking to enforce an adjudicator’s decision. The enforcement was defended on the grounds that the adjudicator’s decision was “ultra vires” and should be set aside.A referral notice was given to the adjudicator ...
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A late call
The contractor carried out work in respect of the claimant’s property. The works were completed and a final certificate was issued on 11 March 2005. The contract was based on the JCT standard form 1998 edition private without quantity. On 6 April the defendant served a notice of adjudication. On ...
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A walk in the park
Mr and Mrs Wilkins own Morghew Park and claimed an injunction and damages for trespass against Mr Lewis who owned an adjoining property, the Morghew Park Estate. Mr Lewis, his employees and visitors used a road running through Morghew Park. Mr Lewis’ use of the roadway was granted ...
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CommentEnd of the pier show
Back from the coast, a veteran conference-goer reflects on a season dogged by identity crises and wonders if the sun has set on the age of politics-by-the-sea
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CommentWhat a man’s gotta do
Compromise and collaboration, those so-called feminine qualities, aren’t the only way to run projects. Consultants of both sexes must also fight for what they believe is right
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CommentOur learned friends
After thorough consultation the Technology and Construction Court has revised its procedures in a new extended Guide. This is how it works …
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A serious breach of protocol
The pre-action protocol was designed to help resolve disputes out of court, but a recent ruling means that it now has the opposite effect. The law needs changing
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