Opinion – Page 552
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CommentA simple disaster
A cautionary tale about what happens if you assume that a dispute does not exist (and therefore you can bypass arbitration) and are, as it turns out, wrong
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CommentFor your eyes only
It is commonly believed that documents marked ‘without prejudice’ must not be read by a third party. In fact, it all depends on what they say
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A hard way to earn £2
If you have snagging claims against a contractor, can you sue them for the cost of rectifying the defects after a certain time? Indeed you can. But read this article first
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CommentThe Singapore grip
Singapore is about to bring in its own version of the Construction Act. It has much the same aims as the English law but has a better grasp of the issues
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Yellow card
The article “Biting Back” (25 February, page 52) referred to the chairman’s final report of the deliberations of the Payment Working Group for the review of Part 2 of the Construction Act.
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Vote wisely
RICS members are being given the opportunity to vote for members of the governing council.
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Defining undefined
I read Ann Minogue’s article regarding defined and undefined provisional sums with interest (3 December, page 49).
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Safe crackers
In a follow-up to the safety summit, Building invited a panel of safety experts to join an online debate about the issues it highlighted. This is what they had to say
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Are you properly equipped?
The claimant Ball lost the sight in one eye when he suffered an accident using farming machinery owned by the defendant Street. Ball had hired Street for the use of his hay mowing and bailing machinery. On the day of the accident, Street was not present but had consented to ...
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CommentThe race for second place
Waking up to find that the Tories have regained popularity is certainly a strange feeling. Maybe they can fail a bit better this time
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CommentFurtive behaviour
Before you sign a home-cooked contract, ask yourself why your client-to-be felt the need to do it himself, when there are so many standard forms out there
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CommentShock and or
It happens all the time – a contractor thinks the spec means one thing, the client another. In this case it ended in a judge’s interpretation of the word ‘or’
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CommentEurocontracts cometh?
The European commission has denied plans for a European civil code. But ‘improving the coherence of legal principles’ sounds rather similar
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The dangers of freedom …
In your news columns on 11 February (page 11), you reiterated Rudi Klein’s views that the Freedom of Information Act enables contractors and subcontractors who lose out on public sector projects to discover the value of rival bids and find out what criteria were used to evaluate them.
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Carry on, Colin
Colin Harding – if it is any consolation, I think your articles are excellent and well justified (Letters, 11 February, page 39).
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Time to organise?
I agree with the recent views of Colin Harding and Chris Charles (Letters, 18 February, page 34) – small firms in the construction industry do need better representation.
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Courage under fire
Tony Bingham’s expert witness–hired gun analogy (4 February, page 50) struck a chord – appearing in the witness box under the interrogation of our learned friends seems to me akin to being under fire!