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CommentWitness statements: Beautiful phonies
Handcrafted witness statements represent clever pieces of advocacy - but this is not the function that they are supposed to serve. Facts are required, not opinions
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CommentOrder of precedence
Construction contracts often contain a number of contradictory documents but a clause setting out which has priority is no substitute for clear and careful drafting
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好色先生TVGreenpeace protestors scale the Shard
Watch live: Six campaigners from Greenpeace are climbing up the facade of the Shard
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CommentLegal brief: Westshield Civil Engineering vs Buckingham Group Contracting
This judgment confirms when a claim has 鈥渃ommenced鈥� and underlines the importance of pre-contract checks.
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好色先生TV'Conservatory tax' legal challenge fails
Court rejects the argument that government鈥檚 decision to scrap change to Part L of building regulations was unsound
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CommentPPP contracts: Best practice
Three sides of A4 constitute the best practice guide aimed at making savings in public private partnership contracts. So, is it worth the paper it鈥檚 written on?
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好色先生TVFresh drive to tackle on-the-job health risks
Construction Clients Group aims to tackle the 鈥渢icking time bomb鈥� of poor occupational health
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好色先生TVKier completes May Gurney takeover
Kier has completed its 拢221m takeover of services firm May Gurney.
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好色先生TVCouncil tax incentive could boost Green Deal
UK Green 好色先生TV Council says council tax incentive could lead to 1.5 million more households undertaking retrofit work
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CommentMyanmar (or Burma): The opportunity and the uncertainty
The economy could grow to $300bn by 2030 but it lacks major infrastructure. Here鈥檚 what you need to know about doing business in Myanmar
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CommentEveryone's a loser
The players in this case saw the chance to make a big profit. But unfortunately, when the banking crisis came and they fell out, it led to both sides having to shell out
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好色先生TVArrest at Laing O鈥橰ourke and Costain鈥檚 joint venture
Exclusive: Individual connected to JV arrested as part of ongoing fraud probe into 拢250m Farringdon station project
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CommentEnigmatic variations
Variations are difficult to avoid in construction work, but two recent cases show that there is plenty of scope for disagreement over how they should be valued
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CommentAdjudication: Beat the clock
It is, of course, possible to get an adjudication overturned in court, but if the original case is heard only years after the event, things can get complicated
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好色先生TVMorrison faces strike ballot in Leeds
Mears-owned contractor faces action from three unions over proposed changes to pay and conditions
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CommentLegal brief: Land banking
The devil will be in the detail if Labour鈥檚 鈥榰se it or lose it鈥� plan for developers sitting on land that has been granted planning permission ever comes into law
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好色先生TVGordon Murray Architects鈥� biomass plant rejected
Project will face public enquiry after Dundee councillors object to plans
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CommentPartnering's tough side
There is no contradiction in the PPC standard form鈥檚 obligation to act in a 鈥榮pirit of trust, fairness and mutual co-operation鈥� and a client鈥檚 contractual right to terminate
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CommentExtension-of-time disputes
Assessing an extension-of-time dispute is tricky. Experts need to be able to transport themselves back to the time of the delay and take in the view from there
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CommentLegal brief: Changes to whistleblowing law
Changes to the law surrounding employees becoming whistleblowers come into effect today. Here鈥檚 what you need to know