All Legal articles – Page 157
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US legal giant offers to act for bid-rigging victims
As CMHT contacts clients, Bowmer & Kirkland and Durkan Pudelek emerge on ‘cash for bids’ list
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Legal bill to fight OFT probe: £5.6m and counting
Firms caught up in the cover pricing investigation face rapidly rising legal costs
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Don't be caught out by employment law changes
Employers need to be aware of altered maternity and sex discrimination rights
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Barclays bank launches project bank account
Second high street bank to offer construction industry a central payment system
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JCT to make 'green contracts' proposals in the autumn
Legal body to form working group with British Property Federation, the Construction Confederation and the RIBA on embedding sustainability on construction contracts plans after consultation period ends
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Unpaid builder demolishes customer's porch and conservatory
After two bounced cheques, Sussex builder takes drastic action against council house owner by knocking down his own work
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Small firms lose out through rivals' unfair sales tactics
Government to tackle unfair trading practice through new consumer protection regulations that come into force next month
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Amey Mouchel workers jailed for racist bullying
Three-year sentence follows 10-month campaign of “dangerous” harassment at motorway maintenance depot
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A sackload of trouble
Can a party to an adjudication introduce evidence that wasn’t previously disclosed if it fundamentally alters the original claim? The answer used to be no, but a recent judgment may have reversed this
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Splendid isolation
Mediation is an excellent alternative to court proceedings, but these days the two forms of dispute resolution are getting mixed up. Mediation should be left to its own devices
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Highways Agency wary of firms involved in OFT inquiry
Contractors found guilty of bid-rigging may face loss of public sector work
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£100k fine after death at Stackright ɫTV Systems
Judge says inadequate safety systems meant accident at portable building factory was “waiting to happen”
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£300k repair bill for retired engineer who couldn't stop digging
Hackney council reclaims repair costs from pensioner who tunnelled extensively and dangerously under his own house
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The land of make-believe
The building industry should sit up and take notice of the McCartney/Mills divorce settlement: there are some valuable lessons to be learned, particularly when it comes to putting your side of the story to the court
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Roofer pleads guilty to manslaughter
The owner of a roofing firm has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the death of a teenage employee who had joined the firm only a week earlier.
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Fork-lift truck driver fined for injuring colleague
HSE prosecutes driver for striking another employee with his truck
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Roofing boss admits manslaughter after teenage site death
Roy Clark of North Eastern Roofing admits charge on eve of crown court trial
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Legal panel appointed to resolve Olympic disputes
The Independent Dispute Avoidance Panel will try to settle construction disputes before they erupt into bitter rows
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Introducing McPFI
A new form of PPP model is being tried out in Scotland that will affect the way projects are refinanced and how profits are distributed
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Dough well spent
If writing a bad review of a pizza restaurant can land you in court, just think what writing a review of a book by a leading construction judge does to the old ticker. Luckily, it’s a fabulous book – no, really