Opinion – Page 613
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CABE on the threshold
One of the more remarkable British success stories since the millennium has been the rise of CABE, whose leading lights feature on this week's cover.
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Desperate for a decision
The first respondent, HBG, entered into a contract for the building of a leisure complex at Kingask, St Andrews with St Andrews Bay Development Limited. The conditions of the contract were the Standard Scottish Building Contract with Contractor's Design (May 1999 Edition) with amendments. On 9 ...
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CommentEveryman's adjudication
A new guide spells out in layman's terms just what adjudication is and holds your hand through the whole process. It's just what builders – and lawyers – need
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Roads to freedom
Insurers have the construction industry by the short and curlies, but we can loosen their grip by doing more to manage our risks so we don't have to rely on them
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Our other prime minister
Blair may be disenchanted with Brown, but he is stuck with him. As the Budget showed, the chancellor has complete control over the domestic agenda
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Court is your last resort
The relaunch of the Court of Appeal mediation scheme is a clear sign that the UK's senior judiciary wants litigation to be used only when there is no other way
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Let the seller beware
Another housing project more or less finished, so it's pints all round while we wait for the money. Sadly, new mortgage rules mean it may be a long wait …
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A stinging rebuke
I am sorry about the delay in sending in this letter but I have only just been catching up on my reading of Building.
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Let's build in Gordon's garden!
Having just read Gordon Isgrove's argument in your Homes supplement arguing for more building on greenfield sites, I feel the need to ask if Gordon was scared by a tree when young.
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12 years late is not unreasonable
This was an appeal from a decision of Judge Silber who refused the claimant's application for judicial review with decision of Lewisham London Borough council to enforce a demolition notice. The demolition notice had been served under Section 36 of the Buildling Act 1984 and require the claimant to remove ...
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Step on the gas
Gordon Brown’s Budget pledges to deal with the logjams in the planning system, release sites for housebuilding, review the progress of PPG3 and more, are further proof of the prominence of housing on the government’s agenda.
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Strangled by many hands
As chancellor Gordon Brown made clear in this month's Budget, the undersupply of new housing in Britain needs to be addressed if we are to prevent future shortages.
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If the cap fits …
You've got insurance cover for up to £5m. Great. Trouble is, you're being sued for £50m. Not so great. So, ever thought of capping your liability?
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CommentBringing up baby
Next week, adjudication turns five – and now that the industry has taken the little 'un to its heart it's time to pack him off to school for a little education
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Come back, Peter Walker
To meet the ever-increasing housing demand in the South-east, Prescott needs radical solutions. He could do worse than look to an old Tory for inspiration
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And then some
The Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998 may not have taken the world by storm, but it has hefty implications for adjudicators considering awards
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That old chestnut
Oh, did we promise to pay you if your employer went bankrupt? Well, we're terribly sorry, but this statute passed in 1677 says we don't have to
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