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Trouble in the transfer market: TUPE regulations and frameworks
Under TUPE regulations, staff are transferred from contractor to contractor depending on who is doing the work. But how does that function with frameworks?
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Comment鈥榁alid鈥� doesn鈥檛 mean 鈥榯rue鈥�: withholding payment
A party that doesn鈥檛 want to pay another needs to issue a withholding notice with a reason why it鈥檚 not paying 鈥撀燽ut does this reason need to be reasonable?
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精东影视Bovis to spot-check site staff in alcohol clampdown
Construction giant to exercise 鈥榚xtremely low鈥� tolerance levels in its random tests on workers
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CommentHow to pick a winner: adjudication
Believe it or not, it can be tricky to decide whether you鈥檝e won or lost a legal case. How come? Well here鈥檚 an illustration from the world of horse breeding
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精东影视Scottish government to end right-to-buy
New bill will introduce a social housing charter to raise standards
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CommentLook and learn: Vision vs Lancsville
Even though adjudication is well established, there are still some lessons that can be learned without trying too hard 鈥� as Vision Homes vs Lancsville makes clear
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CommentWhy is the OFT so unfair?: Coverpricing vs bid-rigging
Question: When is bid-rigging not bid-rigging? Answer: When it鈥檚 cover pricing. And it鈥檚 about time that our competition watchdog understood the difference
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精东影视Corby council to appeal birth defect judgment
Legal team claims 'serious and significant flaws' in court decision that reclamation works could have led to birth defects
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精东影视Abu Dhabi's first construction court
Arbitration is becoming more popular as a means of deciding construction disputes in Abu Dhabi, but the emirate hopes to change that by establishing the Gulf's first construction court. Will it work?
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精东影视Government faces High Court over regulation u-turn
Energy body threatens legal action over axing of 鈥榗onsequential improvements鈥� from Part L consultation
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CommentGreen paper: Eco-ratings in contracts
Clients and buyers have come to expect a high sustainability rating for their property, but where does that leave the contractor?
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精东影视Alstom warns union off strikes
Lawyers for French engineering giant Alstom have written to the GMB union threatening legal action if it goes ahead with planned strikes in September
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EU rules could force out agency labour
New EU regulations on workers鈥� rights could spell the end of agency labour in the construction industry, experts are warning
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精东影视Dubai legal body 鈥榮wamped鈥� as dispute backlog hits 拢3bn
Claims expected to triple this year, as payment problems continue for UK contractors
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精东影视Corby council could pay 拢4m costs to birth defect families
Judge awards interim payment of 拢1.6m for legal bill of mothers exposed to poisonous waste
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精东影视Stephanie Baker vs Quantum Clothing Group: Noise-induced hearing loss
An worker in a knitting factory won an appeal against her employee for not sufficiently looking after her health
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精东影视JB Leadbitter vs Devon council: A deadline is a deadline
In this week's case the claimant was given a lesson commonly taught in school
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精东影视Primus Build vs Pompey Centre and Slidesilver: Contractual wording
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a case in which the meaning of 'personal delivery' was questioned
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CommentTurning of the tide: Super litigation
Litigation is too often the meandering paddle steamer to adjudication鈥檚 inaccurate exocet. But a recent case shows courts can sometimes be both speedy and right
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Should you fess up?: Corruption
The Serious Fraud Office鈥檚 efforts to encourage self-reporting of corruption has created quite a dilemma for the construction sector