All Legal articles – Page 109
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Specialist HSE Group falls into administration
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV services subsidiary ‘close to buy-out’
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Fair payment: Get some ZZZs
Fair payment. It’s what we all want, isn’t it? The government is backing payment promises, coming soon to a contract near you
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Environmental impact: A thorny issue
The development process can quickly become tangled up in rules governing pre-existing flora and fauna. Here’s the lay of the land …
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Converted offices: Too much homework
Fancy living in a converted office? The government wants you to but Jay Das thinks it’s a short-term solution that will create long-term problems
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Tolent clauses: Read but don't weep
The new Construction Act stands accused of letting contractors force subbies into picking up all adjudication costs, but that’s an overly pessimistic reading of the legislation
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Shepherd sues own lawyer Pinsent Masons for £10m
Firm accuses lawyer of negligent drafting of subcontracts that led to Court of Appeal defeat
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Minister vows to name and shame late paying contractors
Government will name contractors who fail to pay specialists within 30 days
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Firm fined after electrician engulfed in fusebox fire
Cumbrian packaging firm fined for health and safety breaches
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M&S prosecuted for asbestos failings
Retailer and two of its contractors convicted for putting public in danger
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Interim valuations: Doing the sums
Most of us think that a withholding notice is a must if an employer wants to hold back any sums due. But one judge says this only applies to sums in interim valuations
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Features
Hackney Empire vs Aviva Insurance: The Empire strikes back
This is the tale of a theatre project, backed by Lord Sugar, that landed its client with a £3.2m headache. Now eight years on there’s a legal battle over a bond between the insurer and the theatre owner
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Apportioning loss between a designer and a contractor
Where a designer and a contractor both contributed to a defect, the losses are normally split 20/80. But if the designer’s duties increase, so do its apportioned costs
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Workers prepare legal action over blacklisting scandal
Action to be taken against more than 40 firms who paid to access illegal blacklist of workers’ details
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JCT contracts and the Construction Act
All standard contracts are being revised to conform with the new Construction Act, and the JCT is the first to unveil its payment terms. Here are the changes you need to know
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Judges: So very PC
Judges have a reputation for being stuffy and old fashioned. But they’re actually as tech-savvy as teenagers and use their skills to speed cases through the courts
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Subbies get hit by legal costs loophole
Tolent clauses will pose a problem for the industry
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Consequential loss: Network Rail
Consequential loss following a negligent act can mean big money in compensation. Just ask Network Rail
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The Tolent clause: Making a horlicks
Last week the government gave the all clear for the new Construction Act, completely failing to listen to the industry’s concerns about the Tolent clause loophole
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Hackney Empire sues Aviva for £1.1m over bond dispute
London theatre funded by Alan Sugar in legal case that could affect use of construction bonds
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Adjudication and counterclaims: Urang Commercial vs Century Investments and Eclipse Hotels (Luton)
Can defendants make counterclaims in an adjucation without a withholding notice, as part of their defence?