Opinion – Page 584
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Castleford revisited
I am writing to reassure both your readers and Sarah Wigglesworth (28 February, page 28) that the organisers of The Castleford Project are more than aware of the complexities and timetables of regeneration projects.
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Third time lucky?
As John Redmond pointed out (5 March, page 52), the New Engineering Contract (second edition) has not really been tested by the courts.
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Stop the planning freeze
The current drive for "affordable housing" is undoubtedly a gallant attempt to allow lower income households to invest in their own property.
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Makeover for Marks
In view of Marks & Spencer's attempt to rebrand itself with its new Gateshead store (5 March, page 18), and if their catalogue is anything to go by, perhaps they would like to consider changing the store's name to suit. May I suggest "Markea"?
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When claims multiply
The appellant, William Roe, had crashed his car into a cable support pole on a tramway in Sheffield and sustained serious injuries. His car had slid in wet weather along the tram rails, which protruded a little from the road surface, and had then "snatched" on the adjacent concrete. ...
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Three cheers for kate
Kate Barker's review is, as you would expect, a weighty report, but housebuilders will find all 158 tightly-written pages of it pretty happy reading.
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CommentGet Shorty
Disciplinary boards often resemble something between a kangaroo court and a lynch mob – as a former cabinet minister may be about to discover
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On swallowing the bait
A cheque arrives in final settlement of your claim. Trouble is, it's missing a nought on the end. Should you rip it up – or cash it and pursue the balance?
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Ah, bitter chill it was!
The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold. The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, and silent were the joiners in their uncompleted toilet …
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Same again
Remember that movie in which Bill Murray was trapped in an endlessly looping nightmare?
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One step beyond …
A new resolution process has gone where adjudication feared to tread – into the imbroglios of international disputes
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Mediation is a busted flush
It has become received wisdom that mediation is always the best way to resolve a dispute. This is false, and it's getting falser – as some judges have realised
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CommentA new kind of small talk
Rubber chicken returns with a trip to the property world's raison d'être: MIPIM in Cannes. Here our trusty reporter faced a grilling from Griffiths, a band of blues-playing QSs and …
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Under instruction
Hallamshire had entered into a building contract with the local authority, South Holland District Council. It incorporated the JCT Form of Building Contract 1980 Edition Local Authority's version. They agreed that phase two of the project, in respect of fit-out works, would be dealt with by means of a variation ...
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Cyanamid revisited
You will no doubt be familiar with the high-profile punch-up over the Bath Spa project; what you may not know is that it has interesting legal implications …
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CommentA misjudgment
The parties in Tally Wiejl vs Pegram became utterly confused by the problem of which contract was in place. Now this question has foxed the Court of Appeal, too
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CommentDiary of an architecural practice, aged 2½ months
The first of a monthly series following Ken Shuttleworth's fledgling practice considers the perils of overly cosy offices and headed notepaper
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Marketwatch: data centre revival
The spectacular collapse of the internet and telecoms sector at the start of the decade led to financial problems at many large clients.
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Comment*Cosying up ...
Building’s series of profiles of clients with lots of work to hand out begins with Manchester University, which is about to launch Project Unity …