All Legal articles – Page 6
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How sweeteners sour the procurement process
Where bribery is proven, the procurement process is assumed corrupted – and a company cannot shift blame to the individual
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Case in focus: Rugby Football Union vs Clark Smith Partnership Ltd and FM Conway Ltd
A dispute over the scope of an employer’s insurance policy
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Look closer at assigned warranties
A new case on assigned warranties could open the door to more types of losses than anticipated by the warrantor
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AI systems and injury liability
As AI takes on more of the decision-making processes in construction, what party is liable in the event of a health and safety breach?
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The dangers of letters of intent
An agreement to mobilise the contractor early can be documented in a letter of intent, but beware the pitfalls
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Accelerated approval for wind farms
To help meet government energy targets, planning hurdles for wind farms have been lowered. But will it work?
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New rules on EV infrastructure in Part S
Revisions to the building regulations bring in new requirements on electric vehicle infrastructure
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Essential law: Defects, part four
In the fourth article of the essential law series to look at the topic of defects, Mel Tomlin explains the measure of damages recoverable in defects claims
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Asbestos victims deserve justice
Victims of asbestos-related illness caused in the workplace are too often left uncompensated, but that may change
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Gender trouble at work
Allison Bailey’s tribunal underlines the legal requirement to allow diversity of opinion
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A gold standard for net zero in historic buildings
Recommendations on how to deliver net zero carbon emissions for heritage structures are contained in a new research report
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Essential law: Defects, part three
In the third article of the essential law series to look at the topic of defects, Chris Hadnutt explains whether an employer may be obliged to ask the original contractor to return to site to rectify its defects
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Company liability for safety breaches by individuals
Do failings by individuals place organisations in breach of their health and safety duties?
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A key costs ruling post Grenfell
This landmark decision offers at last some firm judicial guidance for the hundreds of cases arising in the wake of Grenfell
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Can collateral warranties be adjudicated?
The case of Abbey vs Simply Construction brought up the question of whether adjudication can apply to a collateral warranty
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Climate committee seeks more regulation
Several of the Climate Change Committee’s recommendations for further government action concern the built environment
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Contract clauses for the climate
The Chancery Lane Project brings together lawyers to draft contract clauses that incentivise climate positive practice
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Heatwaves and contract terms
What provisions are there in standard forms of construction contract to deal with adversely hot weather?
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Designing conflict avoidance into contract terms
To reduce the risk of legal disputes requires greater care and collaboration in contract drafting – such as by adopting the RICS Conflict Avoidance Pledge
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Case in focus: Patricia Andrews and Others vs Kronospan Ltd
Another case in which the court excluded expert evidence Â