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Galliford Try vs Lanes Group: Forum shopping

2012-01-13T00:00:00Z

The practice of ‘forum shopping’ as mentioned in Tony’s article may be unappealing to some, but any attempt to legislate against it will cause a trolleyful of problems

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Fears of euro collapse spark overhaul of EU contracts

2012-01-13T00:00:00Z

Concerns have emerged that euro’s fall would render many contracts null and void

Comment

Meddling with VAT invoice clauses can sting you

2012-01-13T00:00:00Z

Payment notices are being complicated by lawyers meddling with clauses relating to VAT invoices. This could invalidate the contract and lead to some nasty surprise

Comment

Galliford Try vs Lanes Group: Premature adjudication

2012-01-13T00:00:00Z

An adjudicator who outlines a preliminary view needs to make sure he’s not reached a final decision too soon

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Scaffolding firm to pay out £85k after worker left paralysed

2012-01-10T17:51:00Z

Man crushed under one and a half tonnes of scaffolding will never walk again

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Over 500 Balfour Beatty sparks miss contract deadline

2012-01-10T15:13:00Z

But contractor says deadline to sign up to new wage proposals ‘not hard and fast’

Comment

Deals in writing: Noel's house party poopers

2012-01-06T00:00:00Z

TV presenter Noel Edmonds learnt the hard way that if a deal’s not put in writing, it’s a no deal

Comment

The legal calendar in 2012

2012-01-06T00:00:00Z

Diaries out - here’s how 2012 is shaping up so far

Comment

The practices of funders' lawyers in 2011

2012-01-06T00:00:00Z

Funders’ lawyers are imposing onerous terms on contractors, passing them off as ‘market standard’. Here’s the kind of shenanigans they got up to last year

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Two arrested over piling death

2012-01-04T14:35:00Z

Yorkshire men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence

Features

Sparks fly: The row over electricians' wage agreements

The decision of seven major M&E contractors to break away from the 40-year-old JIB wage agreement was prompted by an ‘urgent need to modernise’ but has already led to angry clashes between workers and police. ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV reports on a row that threatens to become the sector’s biggest industrial relations dispute ...

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Appeal of FITs ruling leaves solar firms in limbo

2012-01-04T01:00:00Z

Goverment’s decision to challenge High Court ruling causes further confusion for solar industry

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Government to appeal FITs ruling

2012-01-03T17:16:00Z

Appeal to get government timetable on solar subsidy cuts reinstated branded a ‘waste of taxpayers’ money’ by Friends of the Earth

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Government FITs cut 'unlawful'

2011-12-21T16:25:00Z

Government to appeal after High Court judge brands DECC decision illegal

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RICS clears members of involvement in conflict of interest

2011-12-16T14:41:00Z

Sean Tompkins says members whose names appeared on First4ADR.com were kept in the dark over its RICS link

Comment

Litigation: The long and short of it

2011-12-16T00:00:00Z

Eternity is very long, said Woody Allen - especially towards the end. Here’s a case that proves the point

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RICS alerts government to dispute resolution probe

2011-12-16T00:00:00Z

Ministry of Justice and CLG informed of the RICS’ investigation into links with website

Comment

The legal view: 2011

2011-12-16T00:00:00Z

Not all of this year’s cuts were bad but not all of the government’s actions were positive either. Here’s a round-up of 2011’s legal developments …

Comment

Suspending works for non-payment: What's changed?

2011-12-14T12:14:00Z

The right to suspend works for non-payment has been dramatically broadened and it could have a big impact on relations between main contractors and their subbies

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Brain damaged demolition worker gets £1.75m

2011-12-14T11:13:00Z

Christopher Kaye, 57, will receive damages from former employer Euro Dismantling Services