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Firm fined after worker loses leg at Sellafield

2012-10-09T10:08:00Z

ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV services firm ordered to pay out over £70,000

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M&S sues Lend Lease for £1.4m

2012-10-08T09:00:00Z

Retailer suing contractor after the failure of glass works in a store in Manchester

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Litigation: Winning isn’t everything

2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

The successful party in litigation used to nearly always get their costs paid by the loser. How things have changed…

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Once more unto the breach

2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

When does a delay to a project become sufficiently serious to incur a repudiatory breach, allowing the contract to be terminated?

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Housing: Death of section 106?

2012-10-05T00:00:00Z

The government’s housing and growth initiative may have hammered another nail in the coffin of the traditional means of paying for affordable housing

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Brookfield sues the Pinnacle for £16m

2012-10-04T14:23:00Z

Exclusive: Contractor launches High Court claim to recover unpaid fees for work on stalled £1bn Pinnacle tower

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£124-an-hour HSE charging regime set to kick in

2012-09-28T07:00:00Z

Controversial ‘Fee for Intervention’ scheme comes into effect on Monday

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Indemnity: Rust revisited

2012-09-28T00:00:00Z

A problematic case on the interpretation of an indemnity has so far exercised the minds of eight of our most senior judges

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Amending contracts: Tweak havoc

2012-09-28T00:00:00Z

Amending an existing contract can make commercial sense, but the procuring party needs to take care not to open itself up to claims from the other original tenderers

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Adjudication: Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag

2012-09-28T00:00:00Z

Adjudication is supposed to be a quick-fix solution at a reduced cost. Down in the trenches, however, the parties are expecting a judge-like quality of reasoning to resolve their disputes

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GMB secures blacklisting debate at Labour conference

2012-09-27T07:00:00Z

Actions of contractors to be discussed at annual party conference in Manchester on Monday

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The Duke of Westminster in Belgravia basement battle

2012-09-25T08:51:00Z

Legal row with Constance Long Term Holding over over basement extension in goes to court

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Workers' rights: View from the hot seat

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

It is vital for employers to keep abreast of changes to their workers’ legal rights. A raft of recent case law offers some guidance

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Educating for construction: Time to skill

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

The industry should be thinking hard about what sort of graduates it wants from our colleges and universities

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Dispute Adjudication Boards: A DAB hand

2012-09-21T00:00:00Z

The RICS has decided to champion the dispute adjudication board system used for the Olympics. But DABs have been in use for a while elsewhere in the world - and for good reason

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Legal 500 2012: Which construction lawyers are top of the list?

2012-09-20T07:00:00Z

ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV legal columnist among those praised for expertise in construction law field

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Harassment: Be a responsible boss

2012-09-17T11:15:00Z

If employees are found committing harassment, employers could find themselves liable without taking the right steps to prevent it

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Groundworks: Digging deep

2012-09-14T00:00:00Z

Who carries responsibility if the ground conditions necessitate a design change in a building project?

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Fifty shades of liability contract

2012-09-14T00:00:00Z

A dispute about the extent of liability for a fire at a popcorn factory was largely to do with the terms of the contract - just like Fifty Shades of Grey

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Adjudication: Having the last word

2012-09-14T00:00:00Z

Don’t confuse adjudication and litigation. Judges don’t have to put up with as much chaos as the typical adjudicator