Opinion – Page 569
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No better offer
The claimant successfully sued the defendant for an accident at work to his thumb, and obtained judgment in the sum of £40,854. This sum included damages and interest up to the date of judgment, which was 16 February 2004. The defendant had made a payment into court of £40,000 in ...
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CommentOn being bothered
To turn up late to a meeting is to waste time, money and goodwill. It also creates the impression of laziness and arrogance. So why does everyone keep doing it?
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CommentGarvis Snook’s path to power
As you may know, the chief executive of Rok turned his contractor from a £7m minnow into a £100m tiger shark in four years. What you may not know about is his 15-year struggle to get the chance to do it.
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CommentIt was the torpedo, stupid
Everyone finds global claims confusing but a Scottish court armed only with common sense and a First World War U-boat has helped us all out
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CommentSix ways to handle risk
Do you deal with the terrifying business of building with the help of an umbrella, an ostrich, your small intestines, your muscles, a snowboard or a mushroom?
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Tolson III: The Reckoning
Tune into the latest episode of our real-life renovation saga, where our hero and his family finally take possession and live happily ever after – apart from the snagging
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Before BUMA
You state that the Hyde Housing Association scheme in south London by Polish company BUMA, which cost £1260/m2, “brings prefabrication within Housing Corporation budgets for the first time” (23 July, page 12).
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Name that tree
To the timber industry, the names of timber, wood, hardwood and softwood are fundamental.
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Silence is not golden
The appellant provided architectural services to the respondents with regards to four projects. The respondents failed to pay the appellant for his services and he brought a claim for payment of his fees. The judge at first instance found that an agreement for fees to be paid was implied (an ...
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Mark my words, Gordon
If the chancellor thinks that his backing the Quality Mark will rid the industry of cowboy builders, he’s obviously got a lot to learn about cowboy customers
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Protocol’s progress
The Society of Construction Law’s rules for handling delay can now be incorporated into your contract – with dramatic consequences for the programme
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CommentCompulsory purchases
Two legal textbooks have just been published, and if you’re in the business of fighting or resolving disputes, you simply have to have them on your shelf
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Exit the engineer
The ICE form has long required engineers to resolve ‘matters of dissatisfaction’. Well, that’s all over now, because the seventh edition has new rules
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The nuclear option
The flow of interim payments has come to a stop and it looks ominous. What to do? Wait for an adjudication – or go for broke with a winding-up petition?
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Quality is key
I would like to take this opportunity to respond to your invitation for views on whether or not the Quality Mark can be resurrected (2 July, page 15).
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Stuck in first gear
I read with interest your leader article “Assisted Suicide” and “Watts: BRE is on a precipice” (23 July, page 12) on the DTI’s proposal to end the practice of ringfencing money for construction research and development.
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Charity begins at home
No, I do not agree the industry should be funding migrant workers for skills training (30 July, page 15). Do British tradesmen get the same treatment if we work on the Continent? Maybe it’s about time Britain stopped being such a “bleeding heart” and actually concentrated on solving our own ...