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Getting to know all about you: ICE vs NEC3
Some contractors are upset that their old friend ICE conditions of contract has been dumped. But once they get to know the NEC, they鈥檒l have their new buddy on speed dial
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好色先生TVDeveloper challenges government over abandonment of housing targets
High Court row over 400-home scheme hinges on whether minister acted unlawfully
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CommentWhat can be saved from Connaught's collapse?
Options for salvaging contracts with the failed social housing firm
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好色先生TVLego loses battle to trademark bricks
EU rejects toy maker鈥檚 appeal to protect 鈥檇istinctive鈥� brick design
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好色先生TVInterserve fined for exposing MoD staff to asbestos
Court fines firm 拢33k after it failed to follow advice of an asbestos survey at an MoD base
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Prompt payment: The other credit crunch
The government is making it a rule that all firms on public sector contracts be paid promptly, all the way down the supply chain. Which will come as a bit of a shock to some
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CommentClients transferring risk: The bullies are back
The abuses and macho posturing we got from clients鈥� advisers in the nineties have returned - but given their attitude to risk, aren鈥檛 they the real wimps?
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CommentBSF exclusivity agreements: More punishment to come
Companies whose schemes escaped the 好色先生TV Schools for the Future cull should not bank on their exclusivity arrangements continuing unscathed
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Common mistakes in... agreeing final accounts
Berwin Leighton Paisner鈥檚 new series on 鈥淒os and Don鈥檛s鈥澛爋ffers practical advice on navigating the major projects鈥� minefield, beginning with聽Catherine Barstow鈥檚 advice on organising your work so that you鈥檙e ready for the final account
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好色先生TVKPMG says Connaught will continue trading
Administrator hopes to keep firm running while novating contracts and transferring staff to other firms
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好色先生TVTop construction lawyers: who's on the list?
Find out who came out on top in this year鈥檚 Legal 500 league table published today
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好色先生TVSchool fined after collapsed roof kills worker
HSE prosecutes boarding school after it hires five inexperienced workers to demolish a classroom
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To the letter
Giving notice need to ensure they comply precisely with contract requirements in extension of time or loss and expense clauses
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Insurance issues for fit-outs
If a tenant that occupies one floor of an office block wants to have a fit-out done, who insures the rest of the building against, for example, fire and flood?
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OFT fines 鈥榳ill be coming down鈥� say contractors
Several of the 25 contractors appealing against a combined 拢79m fine by the OFT for pricing collusion have said they expect to get back 鈥渕illions鈥� as the legal arguments draw to a close
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New Construction Act: Got a pen and paper handy?
A party can wriggle out of adjudication today by claiming there is no contract in writing. But once the new Construction Act comes into force, that excuse will no longer run
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CommentWhat鈥檚 so great about the TCC?
The principal arena for construction dispute settlement has become a major force in the English legal system
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好色先生TVJCB thief caught in low-speed pursuit
A man has been jailed after stealing a JCB from a Taylor Woodrow site
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Prepare yourself for a shock: D&O insurance for corporate manslaughter
The Corporate Manslaughter Act puts company executives in the firing line for breaches of health and safety, so it鈥檚 wise to get some protection
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好色先生TVColchester to sue T&T over Vi帽oly scheme
Colchester council hopes to recover 鈥渟ubstantial funds鈥� from Turner & Townsend over its role in the town鈥檚 disastrous Rafael Vi帽oly-designed art gallery