Opinion – Page 544
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CommentWho’s suing whom
Legal disputes crop up everywhere from Oxfordshire residential sites to Surrey church halls, as this month’s roundup of High Court writs demonstrates. Plus, our regular dispatch from Brussels
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CommentThe Danieli debate
Small builder Alan Danieli touched a nerve a few weeks ago when he wrote about ‘cowboy clients’. Here he thanks readers for their advice and support, while suggestions keep coming in …
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CommentYou do have a choice
Nick Henchie offers a lawyer’s appraisal of the options for contractors wanting to avoid small claims litigation
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Best Practice, best brand
I write with regard to the ever-changing branding of the crusade that is currently known as Constructing Excellence, was Rethinking Construction, grew out of Sir John Egan’s report, and began as Latham’s Constructing the Team.
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A more constructive exchange …
We, as committee members of The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) in the South-east, have read the recent exchanges about women in construction on the letters pages of Building with some dismay.
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‘Tesco law’ is already online
Andrew Hemsley, in his discussion on the future of legal services (29 April, page 55), is already out of date.
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Socs’ appeal
I was glad to see that the campaign has finally been launched for my RIBA gold medal for my work on adult erotic emporium Hustler Hollywood in Soho (6 May, page 33). I’ve been campaigning for years. Socrates Miltiadou, Papa Architects
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CommentWonders & blunders
Amanda Lamb is dazzled by the multicoloured shell of a museum of dead animals, and turned off by an extinct shopping centre
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CommentSo, Alun Michael
He may not be the high-profile champion that the industry craved, but the appointment of Alun Michael to preside over construction is better news than many had expected.
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Is that decision final?
Scrabster entered into a contract with Mowlem in respect of the construction of a new breakwater quay and associated works as part of a new ferry terminal. The contract was subject to the ICE Conditions of Contract, fifth edition.Certain disputes arose and an adjudication was commenced. The adjudicator’s decision went ...
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Free to adjudicate
This was an appeal from the decision of HHJ Havery of 25 June 2004 in which he determined four issues relating to the enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision. The judge found that an oral instruction was evidenced in writing by the minutes of a meeting dated 15 September and ...
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CommentAn admission
The answer to the future energy needs of the UK is to be found in the power plants of Woking. Or should that be the wind farms of Denmark? Hang on …
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A dirty story
Taking on a contaminated site is risky because it’s hard to be sure what’s down there. Now environmental consultants have found a way to manage the risk better
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A difficulty with defects
In a situation using a JCT contract where a retention is being held and the certificate of making good defects has not been issued, but latent defects have arisen after the expiry of the defects liability period, is it within the employer’s powers to withhold the retention?
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Go to the adjudicator
It made me sad to read the story of Alan Danieli, the small builder being driven out of business by unpaid accounts.