Legal – Page 32
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Comment
NEC4: Events, dear boy, events
NEC4 contains subtle changes to clause 61.3 that relate to compensation events and which await judicial clarification
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Legal row hits £200m Liverpool Chinatown development
Local authority says developer CDC owes £950,000 in missed staged payments
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Comment
Case in focus:Â Service of documents
A recent case illustrates a practical approach to the challenge of effecting good service upon a peripatetic respondent
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Archive Titles
Lendlease ordered to pay £14.8m for falling glass
Glazing fell up to 17 Storeys from City of London office tower
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T Clarke agrees £1.43m settlement in fraud row
M E specialist had announced £2.8m was missing from its accounts
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Comment
IChemE’s Silver Book: Pieces of silver
A close look at what is contained in the IChemE’s new consultancy agreement for the development of process plants
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Serious Fraud Office launches Amec Foster Wheeler probe
Probe relates to wider SFO probe into consultancy Unaoil
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Archive Titles
MPs warn of Brexit skills 'disaster' for construction
Call for transitional arrangement for immigrant workers
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Comment
Intelligent contracts: Get smart
‘Smart’ contracts could be the next big thing in construction technology but will developers learn the lessons of BIM implementation? Sometimes it’s better to keep things simple
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Comment
Taking the fifth
This year’s FIDIC White Book shows worthy progress. Here is a look at the latest iteration of the client/consultant model services agreement
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Lakehouse confirms ongoing Hackney fraud investigation
Probe centres on two housing contracts with Hackney Homes
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Comment
Accident or certainty?
A recent High Court judgment provides useful guidance on the meaning of ‘accidental damage’ in the context of an all risks insurance policy
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Comment
Fact versus forecasts
How should the monetary effects of compensation events be assessed months after the event itself? There are two different schools of thought on that
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Features
Brexit and construction law: Changing times
One year on from the EU referendum, nobody knows how a post-Brexit world will look
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Comment
Case in focus:Â Compensation events
Had a PFI project company given proper notice of a claim for compensation? Ted Lowery considers a High Court case in Northern Ireland
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Comment
Holding back
Withholding retention money is one of the most controversial practices in the construction industry today. But with reform delayed, what can subcontractors do to protect themselves?
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Comment
Persuasive percussion
In response to Tony Bingham’s April column on how we must better engage with dispute avoidance, a legal academic gives their view on how firms must try to understand each others’ positions
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Comment
Does what it says on the tin
Our contract law prizes certainty, as do our firms, except when they are on the receiving end. A recent case confirms our courts’ preference to apply contract terms strictly
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Comment
Temporary workers filling skills gap
Construction is becoming reliant on temporary workers as employers attempt to fill the skills gap
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Comment
No newts is good newts
Finding great crested newts on site can cause delays. But plans to streamline the process must play out in the context of changes (or not) to environmental legislation post-Brexit