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NewsBellway loses beauty contest
Beautician Gerorgina Blackwell wins 拢75,000 compensation in High Court in row over access rights
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Industry slams payment law plans
A new group has been created out of the soon-to-be dissolved Construction Confederation to lobby parliament over the poor drafting of payment clauses in the Construction Bill
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鈥榃histleblower鈥� to sue Balfour Beatty for unfair dismissal
A former Balfour Beatty employee has been given the go-ahead by a judge to press a claim of up to 拢300,000 for unfair dismissal under the Whistleblowers Act
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CC applies for liquidation
Trustees of the Construction Confederation鈥檚 pension scheme have issued a petition for the group to be liquidated
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CommentAdjucation enforcement: When to use the f-word
It鈥檚 easy to bandy about the word 鈥榝raud鈥� in the hope of defeating enforcement in civil proceedings, but you鈥檇 better make sure you have sufficient evidence to back it up
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NewsLovells fined for seven-year-old's death
Housebuilder ordered to pay up 拢75,000 after child falls from three storey building
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NewsLaing O'Rourke fined over Heathrow death
Contractor pays 拢150k in fines and legal costs after concrete slab fell and killed one worker and left another with serious injuries
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NewsJPA Design & Build vs Sentosa (UK): Setting off damages
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a dispute over the design and construction of a medical centre
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Existential matters: Novation
It is not always easy to tell whether a novation has taken place. Here鈥檚 a case that ended up in court because one side swore blind that the contract had been novated
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CommentMinimum damage: Liquidated damages
Liquidated damages are often fought over, but rarely understood. Here鈥檚 a guide to the pitfalls to avoid when trying to claim them 鈥�
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Laing O'Rourke PFI team claims millions in costs
A consortium including Laing O鈥橰ourke and John Laing has launched a legal battle to reclaim millions of pounds in costs over the scrapped 拢711m Leicester Hospitals PFI scheme
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CommentIn banks we trust: Project bank accounts
One reason disputes turn nasty is that the payee suspects that the payer is coming up with spurious excuses not to pay. Luckily, there鈥檚 something we can do about this
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NewsLaing O鈥橰ourke JV sues over scrapped 拢711m PFI hospitals
Consortium also including John Laing takes multimillion-pound claim over scrapped Leicester scheme to the High Court
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NewsTreasury to consult on public procurement process
PricewaterhouseCoopers to carry out surveys and interviews on effectiveness of competitive dialogue procedure
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NewsEricsson AB vs EADS: Interim injunctions
Our Fenwick Elliot expert discusses a dispute over a government contract
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Legal costs: And you say we won?
As Costain vs Haswell shows, judges are using exact measures to work out who pays how much of the legal costs. The results should give a lot of litigants pause for thought
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CommentContracts: Are you a cavalier or a roundhead?
You can have all the collaboration and co-operation you like in this industry of ours, but fundamentally the Roundheads are right: it鈥檚 all about the contract 鈥�
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Sir Robert McAlpine faces 拢3.4m writ for rusty pipes
Sir Robert McAlpine is being sued for more than 拢3.4m by law firm Linklaters over M&E work at its Silk Street office in the City of London
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NewsFirms and director fined after 'shocking' asbestos exposure
黑洞社区 services and packaging firms punished over unsafe removal of hazardous material from Manchester site
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NewsLinklaters sues Sir Robert McAlpine for failed M&E work
Law firm launches 拢3.4m lawsuit after water leak in its London offices