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CommentWith the pope鈥檚 blessing: Awarding interest
Usury may be a sin, but that doesn鈥檛 mean it鈥檚 against the law. But then, working out just what the law does say about charging interest can be a bit of a poser 鈥�
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CommentTricks with contracts: PFI and the Construction Act
A draft bill to outlaw 鈥榩ay when certified鈥� clauses leaves PFI lawyers wondering how to secure reasonable cash flow for clients. Here are some ideas
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精东影视Accused firms left in limbo as OFT delays inquiry results
Contractors lobby for 鈥榬easonable鈥� penalties as watchdog holds back details of fines for up to six months
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精东影视Carillion and Grimshaw sued over Bath Spa
Bath and North East Somerset Council sue for 拢21m over disastrous Bath project
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Is it worth it?
How common are the problems that the reform of the Construction Act addresses? Some are common, others not so.
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CommentIt鈥檚 just too sad to be single: Single-stage tendering
Why would any client want to revert to the old method of single-stage tendering when life with two-stage tendering is so much clearer, simpler and cheaper?
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Not just the economy, stupid: New legislation
Last week鈥檚 Queen鈥檚 speech was a tad light on legislation 鈥� no bad thing given what else there is to think about. But here are some of the things coming up for us in 2009
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Man who died on Skanska site identified
A worker who died on a Docklands Light Railway extension last week has been named as 58-year-old Harold Sheridan from Luton.
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CommentGet a truck load of this: Collaborative working
A lot of folk are fed up with talk of collaborative working. And no wonder. Too often it鈥檚 just another name for risk dumping
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精东影视Credit insurance shortage 鈥榳ill bring down SMEs鈥�
Insurers鈥� refusal to provide non-payment cover means firms will 鈥榝all like dominoes鈥�, experts warn
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Government attacked over 拢1bn Construction Act claim
Lawyers say BERR鈥檚 figures for savings brought by reform of Construction Act 鈥榙o not stack up鈥�
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精东影视Balfour Beatty in legal spat over 拢33m Blackpool mall
Contractor sues developer Modus Corovest for 拢1.2m after clash on design changes
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精东影视Red tape deters small firms from hiring staff
A new report highlights the key economic role small firms play in the UK employment market
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精东影视Laing O'Rourke in legal row with Irish tycoon
Division at heart of 拢22m dispute with John Magnier may be wound up
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精东影视India told to act against corruption
Anti-corruption group advises India to act after country's poor rating in international bribery survey
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精东影视Construction Act reforms will favour subcontractors
Changes to payment provisions receive criticism from industry bodies
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CommentThe judge with a flea in his ear: When costs outweigh damages
Here鈥檚 another case in which the costs by far outweighed the damages, only this time it was a county court judge who took the flak for letting it happen
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CommentWho is he? And what is he to you: Adjudicator loyalties
Here鈥檚 a puzzle for you: if A and B hire X to decide a dispute, and A and X have a previous relationship, can B tell A to get lost if X decides in favour of A? (Answer below)
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SOM counter-sues Jacobs over 拢4.7m Qatar dispute
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is counter-suing engineer Jacobs over a multibillion-pound engineering scheme in Qatar.
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Cleveland Bridge driven 拢17.7m into the red by Wembley row
The Wembley stadium legal row with Multiplex has blown a 拢18.3m hole in the accounts of steelwork contractor Cleveland Bridge UK.