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NewsLondon mayor ready to join legal action against third runway at Heathrow
Sadiq Khan has said he would favour second runway at Gatwick
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CommentCase in focus: Insolvency
Could the decision in a second adjudication be relied upon to defeat a petition to wind up an employer for failing to pay the sum awarded in an earlier adjudication?
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CommentLegal: Taking the long view
Ian Yule looks at how the courts have interpreted clauses on good faith and co-operation in long-term maintenance contracts like PFI
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CommentLegal: Speaking doesn't make it so
A new and momentous Supreme Court ruling makes 鈥楴OM鈥� clauses banning oral modification far more effective
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CommentGDPR: The 12 step approach
Tony Bingham explains the ins and outs of GDPR compliance, and how to make sure you don鈥檛 fall foul of the new data rules
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CommentLegal: The benefits of escrow
John Hughes D鈥橝eth explains the protections offered to main contractors by a different kind of model form 鈥� the City of London Law Society鈥檚 newly published escrow agreement
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CommentLegal: Damages on account
Kieran Binnie explains how interim payment applications can be used to recover damages in advance
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CommentLegal: Cyber security: the new data rules
Andrew Wood of Taylor Wessing鈥檚 construction team explains why no one can afford to ignore the new data protection regulation rules that come into force today
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CommentLegal: Have you got it covered?
Subcontractors should beware of disqualifying themselves from being covered by the contractor鈥檚 project insurance
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CommentCase in Focus: Settling in the water
Had the parties to a shipbuilding contract achieved a binding settlement?
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CommentLegal: Careless talk can cost cases
Robert Akenhead highlights the dangers of a private conversation between one party in a case and the judge, arbitrator or adjudicator
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CommentLegal: Second time's a charm
Francis Ho concludes that the new edition of the CIC鈥檚 BIM Protocol effectively addresses the main concerns about its predecessor
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CommentLegal: tunnel vision
Kirsti Olson and Sarah Alexander describe a case in which the court ruled that use of reasonable skill and care does not amount to a 鈥榞et out of jail free鈥� card
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CommentNot what the doctor ordered
Tony Bingham argues that the adjudication system set out in the Construction Act has been warped into something way more legalistic
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CommentThat's the spirit
A new survey on contracts reveals growing enthusiasm for collaboration and BIM technology is yet to be realised in practice
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CommentInterim payments: many happy returns?
Could an employer compromise the final account by making interim payments during the project?聽
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CommentConstruction projects: termination without tears
Stephanie Canham on a case that underlines the importance of seeking legal advice before initiating termination
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NewsHigh Court backs Islington council in case on affordable homes
The case centred on a former Territorial Army site
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CommentRetentions - appetite for reform
David Christie considers whether outlawing retentions is the best answer to payment practice issues
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CommentVery much obliged
Even without design responsibility, a contractor has an implied duty to warn the employer of possible problems in a design