All Legal articles – Page 132
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Sewage companies banned from restricting connection
Landmark case by Barratt leads to High Court ruling that conditions cannot be placed on connections to public sewers
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North Midland appeals against £1.5m OFT fine
Contractor follows Kier, Durkan and Galliford Try after seeking legal advice
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Insurers to review timber-frame safety as claims soar 16%
The insurance industry has said it will launch a probe into the safety of timber-framed buildings, as concern grows over the cost of fire-related claims
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Information rules may put contractors off Scottish market
Lawyers warn that plans to extend Freedom of Information Act may be seen as a barrier to building firms
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Payment rules: Financial mechanics
The new Construction Act may be but a distant prospect, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a few educated guesses as to how its payment rules will work
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Blacklisted worker lawsuit could cost firms millions
Class action to be brought against over 40 firms including Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Kier
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ACE agreements: Altogether now
The recent streamlining of the two design agreements for consultants into one brings simplicity and flexibility as well as a new take on liability
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Interserve sues Bovis for £3m in sweet factory dispute
Details have emerged of a legal row between Bovis Lend Lease and Interserve over M&E work carried out by the latter on a £49m sweet factory in Yorkshire
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Government to outlaw worker blacklisting
Lord Young reveals plan to stamp out 'despicable practice' of barring trade union activists from employment
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CIOB threatens to expel cover-pricing firms
Professional body to launch own investigation into 10 member firms found guilty in OFT inquiry
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Firms fined £126k after fatal scaffold collapse
McAleer & Rushe and Lee Smith Carpentry order to pay after one man died and two others were injured in a site accident in Milton Keynes
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Durkan to appeal OFT fine
Firm to please innocent to charge related to its contracting arm and refute fine related to company it sold in 2007
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Dispute over loft extension: Just how annoyed am I?
When the Court of Appeal pondered the case of a spoilt view, the judges had to imagine themselves as ordinary, sensible members of the public and ask one simple question...
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ firms face tough new bribery law
New anti-corruption bill in Queen's speech could leave construction firms open to bribery charges
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Candys to fight former employee in court
Dispute over termination of contract and £160,000 bonus steps up a notch
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London property developer fined £10k for safety breaches
Lahrie Mohamed pleaded guilty to putting workers at risk on two schemes
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Bellway loses beauty contest
Beautician Gerorgina Blackwell wins £75,000 compensation in High Court in row over access rights
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Industry slams payment law plans
A new group has been created out of the soon-to-be dissolved Construction Confederation to lobby parliament over the poor drafting of payment clauses in the Construction Bill
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‘Whistleblower’ to sue Balfour Beatty for unfair dismissal
A former Balfour Beatty employee has been given the go-ahead by a judge to press a claim of up to £300,000 for unfair dismissal under the Whistleblowers Act