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CommentLegal brief: Do architects certificates operate as contracts?
A decision by Mr Justice Akenhead in a recent case provides some clarity
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NewsConstruction industry insolvencies fall 8%
But fall in number of insolvencies in first quarter of the year likely to prove a 鈥榝alse dawn鈥� experts warn
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CommentWind farms: Second generation
A lot of lessons have been learned about the technical side of building wind farms. But what about contracts? Lindy Patterson looks at how things have changed in the last decade
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CommentWillmott Dixon vs Newlon: A case in points
Tony Bingham鈥檚 column on the recent Willmott Dixon vs Newlon Housing dispute focused on procedural objections - but there鈥檚 an awful lot more to the case than that
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NewsBlacklist protests target Holyrood
Workers gather outside Scottish parliament to demand action from government on blacklisting in the construction industry
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NewsEnergy firms investigated for missing carbon targets
Half of the big six energy firms fail to meet all of their legally binding energy efficiency targets
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NewsCriminal probe into Green Deal fraud
Trading Standards launches investigation into allegations of Green Deal fraud
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NewsLegal case against 拢275m incinerator defeated
Spanish contractor FCC to build scheme in Buckinghamshire that will generate 22mw of electricity
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CommentProfessional negligence dispute: On the rocks
When a judge blocked a 拢3m award to whisky maker Whyte Mackay, he questioned whether a professional negligence dispute should have come to adjudication at all
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NewsFirms fined over lorry death
Two companies have been ordered to pay almost 拢800,000 in fines and costs after a driver was run over and killed by his own lorry
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CommentStop kicking up a fuss
The lawyers in this case raised a number of clever, interesting technical objections. Which were quite rightly dismissed. Let鈥檚 just stick to the facts, eh?
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CommentDoing business in Iraq: Tread carefully
A decade after the invasion of Iraq there are opportunities for UK firms in the country鈥檚 infrastructure sector. But they must be aware of the legal framework they will be working in
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NewsMcArdle falls into administration
Ground works specialist which worked on London Olympics up for sale as a going concern
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NewsLabour to look at blacklisting policy measures
MP in charge of party鈥檚 policy review voices 鈥榩rofound concerns鈥� about construction industry scandal
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CommentLegal brief: Changes to judicial review process
What do proposed changes to the judicial review system mean for planning and procurement decisions?
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NewsGovernment cracks down on 鈥榤eritless鈥� judicial reviews
Series of measures proposed to counter rise in legal challenges
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NewsConstruction firms fined 拢60k after worker crushed
Worker suffers brain injury from falling equipment
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CommentLife on the high fees
Adjudicators were meant to deal with construction disputes 鈥榚xpeditiously and relatively inexpensively鈥�. But the amount they charge is becoming increasingly hard to justify
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CommentNEC3 contracts: The hole truth and nothing but
If only lawyers would get around to filling up the holes in the NEC3 contract
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CommentCPC2013: Top form
We need a new form of contract for complex projects that encourages a more scientific approach to risk management. Step forward CPC2013 鈥�