All Legal articles – Page 37
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Brexit: The winds of change?
A post-Brexit UK could see new industry trends. Will construction management be back on the agenda?
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Case in focus: Adjudication Enforcement
In the first in an occasional series focusing on individual cases, we report on a classic case of contractual uncertainty
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Disclosure of correspondence in litigation
Disclosure of correspondence will be sought by subcontractors in litigation with main contractors. But can they withhold details of settlement agreements?
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Interview: Richard Saxon
Richard Saxon, chair of the Joint Contracts Tribunal, speaks to ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ legal columnist Francis Ho about new kinds of contracts, the competition, and where he thinks the industry is heading
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QPR adds affordable homes to get £175m Old Oak approval
Mayor of London approves plans after intervening to add more affordable homes
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Collaboration express line
Once I was a sceptic about ‘collaboration’ but I have realised that it’s all just common sense
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Green light for Irish Center Parcs
Edmond Shipway is project manager, cost consultant and M E consultant on the scheme
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Architects urge government to protect freedom of movement at all costs
Presidents of five architecture institutes issue joint statement on Brexit
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What’s the Brexit strategy?
Leaving the European Union could have a huge effect on the regulatory environment in which the industry operates. Or it could not. It will all depend on the coming negotiations
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End of the TUPE line?
After Brexit we may no longer need TUPE regulations to be compliant with EU directives. Does that mean we should get rid of them?
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Brexit: Apocalypse now or just bad weather?
There must be changes to accommodate a new political and economic landscape
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Commercial real estate: Breaking the land bank
Tesco used sale and leaseback transactions to release value from its property portfolio. But would it have been better off keeping the freehold of its own stores?
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In a state of fluctuation
With inflation levels low, construction contracts are now less likely to offer fluctuation provisions. But the question as to where the risk of price changes should lie has not gone away
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Post-Brexit: Time to get on with things
After last month’s shock Brexit vote, how will the development market be affected? Now more than ever, firms will need to be proactive
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Adjudication: The corrections
Judges in the TCC will usually say that adjudicators’ decisions are there to be enforced. But a Part 8 procedure can be used to alter final decisions on self-contained legal points
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Artificial intelligence: Frankenstein’s lawyers?
AI programmes are becoming part of legal process. Could construction lawyers could be facing obsolescence?
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Claims for distress: Bit of an upset
Can you put a price on the distress and anxiety caused by a building project that goes awry? Some previous cases provide guidance
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SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol: Take two
Fourteen years after the Society of Construction Law published its first Delay and Disruption Protocol there’s a draft second edition. So what’s changed since 2002?
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Settlement agreement: Crossing the line
Does the right to adjudication in the underlying construction contract still apply if you have entered into in a settlement agreement? A recent case in the TCC provides guidance