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好色先生TVInternational arbitrators fail to impress business
Survey shows experts brought in to decide commercial disputes score 50% disappointment rate
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CommentBad form: RIBA standard form
The RIBA鈥檚 standard conditions contain a few things for clients to worry about, the main one being that they have to pay their architect even if they forget to put a door in
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Bring back arbitration
Before we made the big mistake of demoting it, arbitration used to be the main place for dispute resolution. Soon parliament will have the chance to make amends 鈥�
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Free schools explained: Is that a free-for-all ahead?
Controversial they may be, but free schools remain central to the government鈥檚 education vision. Private sector contractors will need to keep their eye on the chance
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CommentAdvising traditional procurement: Have I really been negligent?
Solicitors can explain legal issues and draft and negotiate contracts relating to procurement, but they don鈥檛 choose which route to take - that is the client鈥檚 decision
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好色先生TVACA publishes new partnering contracts
Two new contract forms are launched as the Association of Consultant Architects celebrates 10 years of the PPC2000 contract
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好色先生TVDemolition director jailed for 16 months
Insolvency Service successfully prosecutes company director for breaching insolvency laws
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Rush to judgment: Southern Insulation vs How Engineering
Southern Insulation was facing a complex multiparty action. To avoid dragging it out over the August recess it applied for a quick decision. This is what happened next鈥�
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CommentChange of control clauses: Keep a grip with sharp clause
What happens if the company you鈥檙e happily in contract with gets bought by another outfit? Well, that depends on the small print in your contract鈥�
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Advance payment bonds: Another bond story
On-demand bonds to protect advance payments are a really good idea, but a recent case shows that you have to give the courts as little room for interpretation as possible
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The tragic case of a 15-year-old killed on site
Here鈥檚 a tragic case of a young man who was killed when a wall collapsed on him. His gaffer was a man of good character who didn鈥檛 mean anyone any harm. He got three years
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好色先生TVRok clears finance director of wrongdoing
Contractor lifts suspension of Ashley Martin and says financial problems were caused by falling workloads and poor controls
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好色先生TVMorgan Sindall secures 42 Connaught social housing contracts
Nearly half of social housing contracts bought from Connaught have now transferred to Morgan Sindall
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好色先生TVSmall row, titanic waves
Developers can鈥檛 always force buyers who lack funds to complete. And as a recent test case shows, the difficulty is knowing when it would be better to apply for damages
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Digging up the past
Money鈥檚 too tight to mention, and unearthing potential claims in old projects is one source of extra cash - as is amending existing claims. Just don鈥檛 leave it too late
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Feeling a little short changed? Plasterers and the CITB
Plasterers are sick of paying a training levy that really goes on jobs at the CITB. Who can blame them? We should be levying plasterboard makers at a fraction of the cost
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好色先生TVISG wins 130,000 sq ft Finsbury Circus fit out
Law firm Stephenson Harwood has awarded the contract for its new offices at 1 Finsbury Circus to the fit-out and construction firm.
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How green are our valleys: 好色先生TV Regs in Wales
At the end of next year, the Welsh government will be responsible for building regulations in the principality - and it鈥檚 determined to make them as tough as possible
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One village bypass we don鈥檛 need: Community right to build
Exempting rural community-led developments from the planning system could have unintended and undesirable consequences
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CommentYou鈥檝e been warned: the dangers of advising traditional procurement
Traditional procurement methods are so needlessly wasteful that a consultant or solicitor who advises a client to adopt them may be guilty of negligence