Legal – Page 74
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Labour inspectors barred at Vinci’s Qatar site
International inspectors gathering evidence on conditions of Qatar construction workers turned away by officials
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Majority of individuals on blacklist still need to be identified
Over four-fifths of people on construction blacklist remain unidentified almost five years after its discovery
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Choose your weapon
A contractor used a procedural trap to try to torpedo an adjudicator’s decision against it. Unfortunately for the contractor, it blew up in its face
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Thorns in the green shoots
Contractors are still using some of the dirty tricks they learned in the depths of recession to squeeze supply chains. But they may not get away with it for much longer
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Keller denies fault in multimillion-pound dispute
Piling specialist disputes claim that its work on £40m wine warehouse at centre of multimillion-pound legal wrangle was faulty
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How viable will adjudication be in future?
The recent Museum of Liverpool has huge implications for adjudication costs and makes it a much riskier undertaking for smaller firms
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Police 'did collude with construction blacklist'
Police watchdog has told lawyers representing victims of construction blacklisting that police did provide information to the Consulting Association
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What's in a name?
The TCC has reviewed the law in relation to misnomer and shown that courts are able to call on extrinsic evidence when something goes wrong with the naming of a party
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All change: CDM regs
The HSE has indicated that changes to the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations due in 2014 are likely to be wide ranging and focused on more than cutting red tape
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Legal threat to UK firms over Qatar deaths laid bare
Lawyers warn individuals could face arrest and firms be held liable for breaches by subcontractors
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In at the deep end
A bolt-on to a standard contract for a swimming pool put the contractor into dispute with the facilities manager. But can a collateral warranty within a contract be referred to adjudication?
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Be aware of serial defects clauses
A recurring clause in civils work contracts on wind farms can be problematic
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Section 144: What about commercial property?
When redeveloping an empty property, the project can be at risk of delay from squatters. The law now protects residential stock – should the same happen with commercial buildings?
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CH2M Hill ‘must act’ on Qatar 2022 worker exploitation
Programme manager on World Cup asked to intervene on build project that ‘could cost up to 4,000 lives’
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Corruption 'still common' in construction
CIOB survey finds that more than one in three construction professionals have been offered a bribe or incentive
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Main contractors non-payment blamed for M&E firm's collapse
Administrator says non-payment by main contractors sent sub-contractor into administration
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UK Green ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Council seals deal with Ecobuild
The UK Green ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Council and Ecobuild have signed a deal cementing a long-term partnership
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Cinema built in wrong place twice allowed to stand
Council gives cinema complex in Cambridgeshire retrospective planning approval after it was built in the wrong place for a second time
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Press "send" in haste, repent at leisure
Owing to the dominance of e-communications it is easier than ever to record the wrong thing
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Stop scrabbling around
The losing party in an adjudication sometimes tries to come up with a reason not to pay. But, however ingenious the argument, the court is likely to enforce the adjudicator’s decision