Opinion – Page 585
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More poor SAPS
You may remember the case of the boilers that weren't of satisfactory quality despite being in perfect working order. Well, the argument's heating up…
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Sorry, I'm a bit tied up
If the growth forecast in Gordon Brown's Budget is to prove more than a confidence trick, the chancellor can start by slashing the red tape strangling construction
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Labour takes the gloves off
Has the penny finally dropped at Whitehall? It's a truism of British politics that every party runs for election on the promise of freeing business from the dead hand of state regulation.
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CommentGuilty bystanders
Under the Proceeds of Crime Act introduced last year, if you suspect dodgy practices on site but keep shtoom, the authorities will see you as the criminal
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CommentWonders & blunders
We finds serenity in the heart of the city but then loses her cool over a West Midlands shed-cum-bus terminal
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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