Legal – Page 76
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Comment
Strategic use of notices over holiday periods
Holiday seasons are often a time for time-sensitive notices – we should be grown up enough to accept this as an acceptable business activity
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Comment
Parkwood Leisure Ltd vs Laing O’Rourke Wales and West Ltd: Collateral warranties as construction contracts
This decision may lead to contractors and subcontractors trying to limit the number of warranties being given
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News
Crossrail blacklist row electrician gets job back
Electrician Frank Morris returns to work after year-long dispute and campaign by Unite union
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Comment
The new state schools
Publicly funded academies and free schools offer new opportunities for the construction sector. But make sure you know who the decision makers are
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News
Fury at regulator’s plan to wrap retrofit work in red tape
Industry figures slam Ofgem’s plan to require two surveyors to sign off some retrofit work
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Comment
Good faith clauses
As Luis Suárez questions his contract with Liverpool, we look at the similarities between football and construction contracts - and what they can show us about good faith clauses
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Architects in the frame
The much-debated Museum of Liverpool judgment shows us that it can be the architect’s head on the block rather than the contractor’s
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News
Health and safety watchdog in fresh crackdown
Health and Safety Executive to make unannounced inspections of refurbishment sites
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Comment
Student accommodation LADs: Missing the start of term
Contractors and developers are used to paying LADs when a project is running late. But missing a deadline on student accommodation can lead to more complex issues
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News
Walkie Talkie tower is 'melting cars'
Sun’s rays reflected from Land Securities and Canary Wharf tower blamed for melted car panels
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Miller project still ablaze six days on
Major fire at police firearms training centre in Portishead was first spotted last Tuesday
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Bam Nuttall pays £33m to settle busway dispute
Legal battle over Cambridgeshire Guided Busway settled out of court
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Comment
Industrial strategy: Round Two
Last week, our columnist gave the government a piece of his mind over the Construction 2025 strategy. This time he explains how it should be changing its own behaviour in order to make savings
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News
Councils seek ‘whitelist’ to bar blacklist firms from contracts
GMB union asked to produce list of contractors who have not been implicated in industry scandal
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Comment
Pick your battles: Adjudication when a party is in administration
Taking part in an adjudication will always be a risk – but even more so when one of the parties is in administration. We look at the issues you should consider
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Comment
Verbal agreements: Is your word your bond?
The use of an oral or verbal contract in non-construction activity is commonplace, so is there any reason why we should not extend it into construction works?
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News
Glenn Howells director quits to help asbestos trial father
Marcus Lee leaves position to help co-ordinate defence of former RMJM director Vernon
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Fire takes hold at Miller construction site
Under-construction ‘state-of-the-art’ £16m police firearms range near Bristol ablaze
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Comment
Construction 2025: You cannot be serious
The industrial strategy for construction asks the industry to do a lot ‘in partnership’ with government. But why are we the ones being asked to do more work for less money?
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Comment
How to meet the deadline for HCA funding agreements
Projects must be completed by March 2015 in order to benefit from HCA funding agreements. What steps can be taken to ensure this happens?