All Legal articles – Page 155
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Government favours positive discrimination
Equalities Bill lets firms favour female or ethnic-minority job applicants over equally able white males
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Government faces legal challenge over Hertfordshire housing targets
Hertfordshire council is challenging East of England Plan to build over 80,000 homes in the county
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Scaffolding boss receives prison sentence
Rotherham scaffolder sentenced to three months after 6m fall seriously injures untrained employee
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Yoghurt in a pea soup
Guess what? We’ve got another case in which the parties started work on the basis of a letter of intent. The slight difference in this case is that it concerns Müller twin pots
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Look who’s footing the bill
Using outsiders to bankroll disputes has been treated with some suspicion by the courts. But the construction industry would be well advised to explore it
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Tough PFI policy may put off bidders
The head of a leading trade body has warned that proposals to put variations to PFI health contracts out to tender may deter contractors from bidding for projects.
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Workplace injuries outnumber those from crime
Ucatt welcomes new report arguing that self-regulation has decriminalised death at work
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Rogue builder forced into liquidation
Midland Construction wound up after leaving behind “trail of destruction”
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I is for indemnity
The A-Z of construction law - Our instant course in legal concepts continues by asking what exactly is an indemnity and how would you spot one in a contract?
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Identity crises
Although name borrowing may seem like a simple concept, it can lead to conflicting issues for all parties involved
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RICS consultancy form: On surprisingly good form
The new crop of RICS standard contract are about to make quantity surveyors’ lives a lot easier
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Backbench rebellion stalls Planning Bill
Debate delayed after Labour MPs sign motion against proposed independent commission to make planning decisions on major infrastructure schemes
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Me and my pod
The podcast was fun. First of its kind here at Ӱ. Rudi Klein and yours truly were interviewed by Ӱ’s ace interviewer, Chloë McCulloch, about the government’s changes to payment rules.
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Concurrent delays: Doing the splits
The City Inn case throws up a logical approach to granting extensions of time due to concurrent delays – if the delay has two causes, then why not apportion responsibility accordingly?
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Families fight for asbestos compensation
Nine-week High Court battle begins today to force insurers to pay up
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Liability: Strictly speaking
Do you know the difference between strict and absolute duties and no-fault liability? If not, then read on before you commit yourself to undertaking either
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OFT faces probe into conduct
A government watchdog is to investigate the Office of Fair Trading’s conduct amid increasing fears that inquiries such as its probe into bid rigging in construction may have been unfairly draconian and over-hyped.
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EU ruling on on-site power generation threatens carbon target
A European legal ruling has cast doubt on the government’s plans to reduce carbon emissions through on-site energy generation.
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Labour MPs plot Planning Bill revolt
A former Labour environment minister is planning a backbench rebellion over government plans to devolve major planning decisions to an unelected commission.