All Legal articles – Page 136
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Government faces High Court over regulation u-turn
Energy body threatens legal action over axing of ‘consequential improvements’ from Part L consultation
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Green paper: Eco-ratings in contracts
Clients and buyers have come to expect a high sustainability rating for their property, but where does that leave the contractor?
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Alstom warns union off strikes
Lawyers for French engineering giant Alstom have written to the GMB union threatening legal action if it goes ahead with planned strikes in September
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EU rules could force out agency labour
New EU regulations on workers’ rights could spell the end of agency labour in the construction industry, experts are warning
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Dubai legal body ‘swamped’ as dispute backlog hits £3bn
Claims expected to triple this year, as payment problems continue for UK contractors
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Corby council could pay £4m costs to birth defect families
Judge awards interim payment of £1.6m for legal bill of mothers exposed to poisonous waste
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Stephanie Baker vs Quantum Clothing Group: Noise-induced hearing loss
An worker in a knitting factory won an appeal against her employee for not sufficiently looking after her health
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JB Leadbitter vs Devon council: A deadline is a deadline
In this week's case the claimant was given a lesson commonly taught in school
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Primus Build vs Pompey Centre and Slidesilver: Contractual wording
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a case in which the meaning of 'personal delivery' was questioned
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Turning of the tide: Super litigation
Litigation is too often the meandering paddle steamer to adjudication’s inaccurate exocet. But a recent case shows courts can sometimes be both speedy and right
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Should you fess up?: Corruption
The Serious Fraud Office’s efforts to encourage self-reporting of corruption has created quite a dilemma for the construction sector
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How 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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Balfour Beatty M&E arm sues Shepherd for £1.4m
Contractor goes to court over Hull hospital as legal bodies report record rise in construction disputes
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Enforcement notices served to blacklist firms
Kier and Balfour Beatty among 14 firms told to clean up or face prosecution by data regulator
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Planning policy could save business £20m a year
Killan Pretty review recommendation will exempt 25,000 non-domestic proposals each year from needing full planning application
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Blacklist firms face flood of claims
Contractors could be hit by millions in claims and fees as first 'blacklist' worker gets go-ahead for industrial tribunal
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Wembley stadium case given July 2011 deadline
Judge in Brookfield claim against Mott MacDonald warns both sides not to waste time
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How to renegotiate contracts in the UAE
The legal adviser at HBJ Gateley Wareing's Dubai office offers tips for contractors
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Crest Nicholson wins judicial review on bid rigging
OFT says High Court judgment won't affect timetable for final judgments on cover pricing
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Bomb blast engineer loses damages action against Mott MacDonald
Graham Hopp loses damages case against former employer and MoD over injuries caused by roadside bomb in Iraq