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Davis Langdon poaches two directors to boost legal team
Davis Langdon has recruited two legal directors from Northcrofts Management Services: Chris Ennis and Richard Edwin.
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CommentThe battle of Easingwold
Margaret Tomlinson wanted an extension for her terraced home. Okay, said the builder, that will be 拢19,500, please. It was downhill all the way after that, ending up in a trial that lasted six-and-a-half days鈥�
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Candy & Candy accuses builder of stealing name
Residential developer is accusing the Magri Group of using its name on the Candy Wharf scheme in Mile End
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NewsMetronet goes into administration
Ownership transfers from stakeholders including Atkins and Balour Beatty to administrator Ernst and Young
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NewsHGB chief to Business Council: "More communication needed"
Richard Gregory criticises the absence of any senior construction industry figures on the new Business Council for Britain
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CommentJCT sleeps with the fishes
Standard forms are supposed to make things easy, but that wasn鈥檛 exactly the builder鈥檚 experience in Reinwood vs Brown. Maybe it鈥檚 time the whole lot were taken for a ride 鈥�
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Mears denies 鈥榤assaging鈥� figures as inquiry opens
Housing Corporation examines claims that repair firm provided false tenant satisfaction figures
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Bovis finance director lost job before joining
Bovis Lend Lease paid off its incoming finance director one week before he was due to start work in May.
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Ucatt steps up ODA battle
Union takes complaints over 鈥榮ordid鈥� self-employment at Olympics to Treasury and Revenue
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CommentNo more boobs
As the Chinese say, a man who makes a mistake and does not correct it makes another mistake. This should be born in mind by the DTI in its present review of the Construction Act
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NewsPrescott was advised against Vauxhall skyscraper
Freedom of Information memo reveals Former deputy PM's officials rejected the Broadway Malyan tower he approved in 2005
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NewsLDA assumes full legal ownership of Games site
Agency now has the right to enforce CPOs on affected Stratford businesses after year's end
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Honeywell caught in illegal music filesharing investigation
Wembley engineering firm potentially faces unlimited fines in first British workplace music piracy case
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'More legal loopholes in Hips', claim critics
Packs will be 'totally unenforcable' with some easy legal sidestepping
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CommentGuaranteed trouble
Here鈥檚 an everyday story of a new home, its disgruntled owners, their worried insurer, its unhappy builder and a legal case that didn鈥檛 go the way it was supposed to
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Manslaughter delay
The corporate manslaughter bill has been delayed after the Lords voted for an amendment to widen its scope to cover deaths in custody. This means that the bill may not be passed before parliament rises next month.
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NewsHousebuilders set to put 鈥榣and hoarding鈥� claims to rest
Office of Fair Trading launches investigation into housing sector despite Callcutt review
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New twist in battle for Croydon
Arrowcroft has added a theatre to its 拢600m Croydon Gateway scheme in south London.
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OFT launches probe into housebuildng
Office of Fair Trading Investigation will look at potential competition issues and consumers' concerns