All articles by Tony Bingham 鈥� Page 6
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CommentA contractor's survival guide
How many times have you read about contractors losing money, or going bust, as the result of a few 鈥榩roblem contracts鈥�? So shouldn鈥檛 they do more to plan for them?
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CommentDispute over loft extension: Just how annoyed am I?
When the Court of Appeal pondered the case of a spoilt view, the judges had to imagine themselves as ordinary, sensible members of the public and ask one simple question...
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CommentAdjucation enforcement: When to use the f-word
It鈥檚 easy to bandy about the word 鈥榝raud鈥� in the hope of defeating enforcement in civil proceedings, but you鈥檇 better make sure you have sufficient evidence to back it up
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CommentIn banks we trust: Project bank accounts
One reason disputes turn nasty is that the payee suspects that the payer is coming up with spurious excuses not to pay. Luckily, there鈥檚 something we can do about this
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CommentContracts: Are you a cavalier or a roundhead?
You can have all the collaboration and co-operation you like in this industry of ours, but fundamentally the Roundheads are right: it鈥檚 all about the contract 鈥�
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CommentDubai disputes: Arbitrary judgment
Now that the only thing booming in Dubai is disputes, queues are forming outside arbitrators鈥� doors. But arbitration in the UAE has to be speeded up. Here鈥檚 how 鈥�
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CommentAdjudication awards: Logical deductions
If a party loses an adjudication and is ordered to pay up, can it set this sum off against anything it thinks it is owed from a subsequent adjudication award?
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OFT special: The cost of a phone call
If you don鈥檛 want the job, just ask for too much money and you won鈥檛 get it. Nobody can touch you. Phone a friend for a cover price, though, and you鈥檙e liable for millions
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CommentJCT homeowner contract: Get the picture?
The JCT鈥檚 contract for home extenders is a very useful document, not least because it turns a lot of those complicated words into drawings we can all understand
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CommentSo crazy it might be true
We鈥檙e so conditioned to looking at the world in a particular way we stop thinking about it. But what if it is, in fact, quite wrong? And what could prompt us to realise it is?
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NewsNow firms will bid high all by themselves
The Office of Fair Trading has to apply the law, has to hurt this industry
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NewsIs it still cover pricing without the phone call?
The OFT has outlawed cover pricing, but that won鈥檛 stop firms putting in high bids so they lose contracts they can鈥檛 cope with
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CommentWestfield fit-out dispute: An everyday story of building folk
This shopfitting dispute sounds hair-raising, but it is really nothing out of the ordinary. That鈥檚 because people who work in construction are like everyone else: they mess up
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CommentBook review: Last-minute booking
Forget chick lit 鈥� the best summer reads address building procurement and the JCT contract. And, gratifyingly, the authors come up with exactly the right conclusions
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CommentHow to pick a winner: adjudication
Believe it or not, it can be tricky to decide whether you鈥檝e won or lost a legal case. How come? Well here鈥檚 an illustration from the world of horse breeding
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CommentWhy is the OFT so unfair?: Coverpricing vs bid-rigging
Question: When is bid-rigging not bid-rigging? Answer: When it鈥檚 cover pricing. And it鈥檚 about time that our competition watchdog understood the difference
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CommentIf at first you don鈥檛 succeed: Adjudication
Adjudication works best when each chunk is bite-sized, but that doesn鈥檛 mean you can keep bringing the same piece back again until you get the decision you want
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CommentHow to land in the deep end: Trade associations
Of course trade associations want to boast about their members. But in doing so, they can come perilously close to taking the rap if those members do a dud job
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CommentIt's all in the game: Adjudication
Parties in a dispute set all sorts of rules and try all manner of tactics on each other, but adjudicators need to resist the temptation to join in the game
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CommentOn getting a thick ear: Trinity Walk, Wakefield
This is a story about a busted developer and a contract that contained a pay-when-paid clause. The lessons that emerge from it are harsh, but it鈥檚 a good idea to learn them