All Legal articles – Page 153
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JCT moves closer to launching 'green' contract provisions
Joint Contracts Tribunal set to publish terms and guidance on issues such as waste reduction and energy consumption this autumn
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Rogue builders jailed for up to eight years
Cowboys frightened dozens of vulnerable people into paying thousands of pounds for unnecessary work
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Experts criticise Scottish plans to compensate pleural plaque victims
Insurers, health and legal experts give evidence to Holyrood's justice committee saying new asbestos legislation is a mistake
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MPs question value for money of PFI projects
Public-sector “undermanagement” of project changes is costing too much, says public accounts committee
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Demolition firm fined £15k after electrician suffers serious injuries
HSE warns companies to undertake risk assessments properly after a fall from height
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Industry payers get even worse
Firms are paying their subcontractors three weeks late, compared with an average of two weeks a year ago.
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So you want to be a judge, eh?
Here’s the strange case of the bullock that burned down a house – and presented a judge with a prize conundrum. This is how he went about solving it
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Disputes in the desert
With construction wrangles in Dubai likely to increase, you’ll need to know how to go about resolving them …
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£250m Rochdale scheme stalls after legal challenge
Losing bidders protest after council and development agency fail to disclose full selection criteria
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Ucatt targets ministers in pleural plaque campaign
Abestos activists and union members will take fight for compensation to the constituencies of Jack Straw and Hilary Benn
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Cost of living drives Britons into cowboys' arms
Survey reveals 60% of UK homeowners prefer cash-in-hand builders
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Galliford Try vs Mott MacDonald: A sense of loss
If a consultant causes a contractor economic damage, does it have to compensate the wrong party even if there is no contract between them?
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Draft Construction Bill: I’m amphibious about it
The reform of the Construction Act will probably right some obvious wrongs, but why couldn’t it have been written in plain English? Take the payment rules for instance …
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Firms fined £120,000 following 'preventable' death
Spanclad and Westminister Ӱ Company are fined following fatal fall from tower scaffold
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Let’s ditch the training levy
The ConstructionSkills levy is making enemies and criminals out of contractors and not getting much training done either. There must be a better way …
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Framework contracts: The people vs Camden council
Government agencies are encouraging local authorities to adopt strategic procurement arrangements but the courts are taking a dim view of them
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Record keeping: The art of self-defence
Conscientious record-keeping can give you invaluable ammunition should you want to blame others when things go wrong. Worth every dull moment
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Sheffield firms fined £140k for site death
Court fines two companies after one man was killed and three injured when using an access cradle
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A slippery slope
A recent order by a judge for a party to reveal its insurance details has sparked concern that claimants will now be able to request this information all the time
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Victorious losers
EU rules insist that public contracts be run in a fair and open way. So, if you miss out, and you think the client wasn’t fair, you can ask a court for damages. A lot of damages …