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CommentLegal: Control brings responsibility
James Bessey explains the weighty responsibilities that can be placed on contractors under the 2005 fire safety regulations聽
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CommentLegal: Timing is everything
A recent judgment looks at the age-old question of when a cause of action accrues 鈥� alter it at your peril聽
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CommentCase in focus: The missing page(s)
Should the court intervene to correct alleged deficiencies in electronic disclosure?
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CommentLegal: Complications with termination
Hamish Lal unpacks Sir Robert McAlpine鈥檚 recent court defeat on payment over a terminated contract for work at Centre Point Tower
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CommentLegal: Does keeping it simple keep it safe?
Matthew Jones explains how design and build contracts should be structured to best manage risk
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CommentLegal: More than words can say
When Amey agreed to mend Birmingham鈥檚 potholes for 25聽years, it should have understood it was forming a relationship 鈥� and not started picking holes in the contract wording to cut its workload
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CommentLegal: rectify now, argue later
Is a contractor obliged to rectify a defect when instructed, even if it disputes responsibility for that defect?
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CommentLegal: Bridging the gender pay gap
Keely Rushmore explains what firms must do to meet new requirements on reporting the gender pay gap, and how they can turn the new rules to reputational advantage聽
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CommentLegal: The end of the smash and grab?
Andy Mather and Richard Rowlatt explain a new ruling that will make it harder for contractors to insist on full payment if the employer has failed to issue a valid payment or pay less notice
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CommentLegal - Backwards or forwards?
Victoria Peckett considers the relative merits of prospective and retrospective delay analysis, in the light of recent court rulings 聽
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CommentLegal - for fools rush in...
While the Carillion disaster highlights the need for action on retentions, says Francis Ho, we must not rush into legislation
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CommentLegal - the sense of an ending
When terminating a contract it is vital to closely follow the procedure in the text
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CommentCase in focus: Off on a frolic?
Having raised specific questions, had the adjudicator breached natural justice by coming to a conclusion that was different from the answers provided by the parties?
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CommentLegal: All together now
It鈥檚 time to draw together the scattered pieces of construction law to form a uniform construction code, say Rudi Klein and Philip Harris
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CommentIt ain't put your feet up time
Just because an employer鈥檚 own actions have delayed completion does not necessarily let the contractor off the hook, explains Ian Yule
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CommentLegal: Beware the robots
In the third聽of our series on new technology,聽James Worthington considers the legal issues surrounding the use of robotics on the construction site
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CommentLegal blog: When things go phut
With the Construction Act up for review, it鈥檚 the perfect moment to add a key item from Latham鈥檚 wish list that got left out last time: compulsory project bank accounts. Tony Bingham explains
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CommentLegal blog: Cyber Security - building services
While building infrastructure and services can help improve security, they may also offer vulnerable points for cyber attack. By Paul Glass of Taylor Wessing鈥檚 cyber security team
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CommentLegal: Not quite the last word
Robert Akenhead explains why final isn鈥檛 always final 鈥� so make sure your contract鈥檚 finality provisions are clear and explicit
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CommentLegal: Claiming for remedial work
If remedial works are needed, what steps should be taken to recover the costs?