All Legal articles – Page 125
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Architects: Prince must vow to stop meddling
Architects have called on Prince Charles to formally pledge not to interfere in the planning system
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Kier kicks off cover-pricing appeals
Three weeks of appeals against the size of the fines issued by the Office of Fair Trading last September for cover pricing began on Monday - and Kier was first up
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Brighton firm fined £75,000 after man dies on site
PIB fined after man walks onto housing site and falls over an unprotected edge
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Bath Spa project team paid council £7m compensation
Council records reveal details of payment to Bath and North East Somerset Council by Carillion and Nicholas Grimshaw
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Read our live online Budget debate
A week after the emergency Budget we put together a panel of experts to look at the small print and answer your questions, here’s what they said…
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The Candys' court victory was a hollow one
Our legal blogger looks at the crux of the Chelsea Barracks case and why the supposed winner may not be celebrating its entitlement to compensation
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Candy brothers win Chelsea Barracks case
Judge rules Qataris breached contract but brothers must wait for damages
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Page turners: Society of Construction Law essay prize
The winners of this prestigious prize have some clever things to say about delays and quantum meruit disputes. Their papers are all must-reads
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Duty of care: Who cares?
A recent case has tried to clarify when a duty of care arises. But it remains an area blighted by arbitrariness and uncertainty
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Buying a business: Gods of small things
If you’re planning to buy a business in our fragile economy, you need to know what you’re getting. So use lawyers who will scrutinise every little contract
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Final whistle for £253m Wembley row
Multiplex settles claim against Mott MacDonald, the largest in UK construction history
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Taxing times for construction
While increased VAT is a blow, other tax measures will benefit the industry
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EU to ban entry of illegal timber
New rules expected from July to outlaw importing timber chopped down illegally outside the EU
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Well-defended settlements
Showing that settlement costs are unreasonable is a difficult task, as the installer of a defective sprinkler found when Siemens chased it for payment
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Judges in their own cause
Architects are always unbiased and even-handed when awarding extensions of time under usual forms of contract. Except, of course, when the reason is their own negligence
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RTS Flexible Systems Ltd vs Molkeroi Alois Müller Gmbh & Co KG (UK Production)
If the parties behave as if a contract exists, then one may legally exist whether or not it has actually been signed
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Qatari Diar deleted emails that helped Candy's barracks case, court told
CPC’s legal team accuse Qatari Diar of deliberately destroying evidence that would have been used in the main trial
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Just looking
Beware if you shop around for an expert, as the court may demand that you reveal the reports that you rejected
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Retired contracts manager accused of £250m Ritz sale scam
Retired construction professional in court for fraud over fake London hotel sale