All Legal articles – Page 31
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Adjudication: New thoughts on smash and grab
A TCC decision last month has questioned whether existing case-law on ‘smash and grab’ adjudications should be reconsidered in light of Court of Appeal decisions
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Liverpool Chinatown developer to cease trading
Directors of North Point Global say brand “damaged beyond salvage”
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Construction safety fines jump 83% in a year
New sentencing guidelines cause big spike in safety and corporate manslaughter pay-outs
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Written contracts: Pen and paper at the ready
Avoid the argy-bargy and uncertainty of an oral contract and get the thing down in writing
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NEC4: Events, dear boy, events
NEC4 contains subtle changes to clause 61.3 that relate to compensation events and which await judicial clarification
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Legal row hits £200m Liverpool Chinatown development
Local authority says developer CDC owes £950,000 in missed staged payments
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Case in focus: Service of documents
A recent case illustrates a practical approach to the challenge of effecting good service upon a peripatetic respondent
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Lendlease ordered to pay £14.8m for falling glass
Glazing fell up to 17 Storeys from City of London office tower
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T Clarke agrees £1.43m settlement in fraud row
M E specialist had announced £2.8m was missing from its accounts
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IChemE’s Silver Book: Pieces of silver
A close look at what is contained in the IChemE’s new consultancy agreement for the development of process plants
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Serious Fraud Office launches Amec Foster Wheeler probe
Probe relates to wider SFO probe into consultancy Unaoil
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MPs warn of Brexit skills 'disaster' for construction
Call for transitional arrangement for immigrant workers
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Taking the fifth
This year’s FIDIC White Book shows worthy progress. Here is a look at the latest iteration of the client/consultant model services agreement
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Intelligent contracts: Get smart
‘Smart’ contracts could be the next big thing in construction technology but will developers learn the lessons of BIM implementation? Sometimes it’s better to keep things simple
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Lakehouse confirms ongoing Hackney fraud investigation
Probe centres on two housing contracts with Hackney Homes
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Accident or certainty?
A recent High Court judgment provides useful guidance on the meaning of ‘accidental damage’ in the context of an all risks insurance policy
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Fact versus forecasts
How should the monetary effects of compensation events be assessed months after the event itself? There are two different schools of thought on that
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Brexit and construction law: Changing times
One year on from the EU referendum, nobody knows how a post-Brexit world will look
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Case in focus: Compensation events
Had a PFI project company given proper notice of a claim for compensation? Ted Lowery considers a High Court case in Northern Ireland
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Holding back
Withholding retention money is one of the most controversial practices in the construction industry today. But with reform delayed, what can subcontractors do to protect themselves?