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CommentThe perils of using your initiative
Imagine you鈥檙e a builder carrying out a small domestic project, and you spot a mistake in the architect鈥檚 design. Would you save everyone鈥檚 time and trouble by working out an ad hoc solution to it?
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CommentTrump that!
Everyone knows that a final certificate trumps an interim one 鈥� that鈥檚 the way a client ensures it pays the correct sum. But when an adjudicator is parachuted in to decide the interim account, that situation is reversed 鈥� as Camden council was surprised to discover
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CommentStop right there
The Wembley judgment contains all the rough and tumble we expect from a good old construction dust-up, and some pertinent lessons for the 2012 Olympics organisers
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Appeal over Wembley case
Former Wembley steelwork contractor Cleveland Bridge has decided to appeal against the judge's decision in its 拢50m High Court row with Multiplex.
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Clients sceptical about CIC contract
The Construction Industry Council has asked for feedback on its draft consultants' contract, which was published online today.
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精东影视Cleveland Bridge appeals against High Court decision
Wembley steelwork contractor submits application to court of appeal in bid to overturn judge's decision on Wembley row.
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CommentThe correct use of courts
The legal system would work a lot better if it were used as a last chance to settle disputes, rather than a blunt instrument to beat, baffle and bore one's enemy into submission
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精东影视Olympic legal panel announced
Berwin Leighton Paisner, Clifford Chance, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Pinsent Masons to advise Olympic Delivery Authority.
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精东影视Compensation boost for asbestos victims
Legislation will be brought forward to help asbestos sufferers gain compensation against more than one negligent employer.
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Blair promises to reverse Lords' asbestos ruling
Prime minister Tony Blair has pledged this week to overturn a controversial House of Lords decision that deprived thousands of asbestos victims and their families the right to full compensation.
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Multiplex wins another case 鈥�
Wembley contractor Multiplex has followed its legal victory over Cleveland Bridge with a 拢1.28m win in a dispute over its residential tower 1 West India Quay in London Docklands.
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CommentYou'll do 鈥�
The subbie that designed and built some duff football pitches in Scotland wisely went out of business before it could be sued. But what about the architect?
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CommentYou be the judge
TCC judges have ventured into new territory with the launch of a mediation service. So will we make good mediators? That's for you to decide
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CommentSuburban concerns
Housebuilders in the South-east may think home owners who are selling their gardens in the deal have no worries. But they are overlooking the impact of capital gains tax
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精东影视Cleveland Bridge counsel attacks Multiplex's 'unlawful conduct'
Counsel for Cleveland Bridge depicts Multiplex as hard-nosed contractor whose conduct had 'crossed the line into unlawfulness'.
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CommentStop right there
Imagine a world where it's possible to spot disputes before they happen. Impossible? Not if you believe in FIDIC's new superhuman dispute boards
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精东影视Wembley rivals in 'screaming match'
Cleveland Bridge denies blackmailing Multiplex as chief executive recalls blazing row between respective owners.
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精东影视Cleveland Bridge says it did not undervalue Wembley contract
Finance director tells High Court that firm relied on Saudi shareholder for financial support during Wembley contract.
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CommentTax and spend
The public doesn't really know what a section 106 agreement is. If it did there'd be trouble, especially now it is used for all manner of community largesse
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CommentWas Ellis right on Wallis?
The Wallis adjudication turned on whether expert evidence was relevant, and whether there was time to investigate it within the 28 day limit. This is how it went