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CommentMental health issues: Turn the lights on
The industry must make progress on ensuring employees鈥� mental wellbeing 鈥� or brace itself for a rush of legal claims
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CommentUK employment law: Which rules apply?
A Court of Appeal judgment provides clarity on whether UK employment law can apply to foreign nationals employed abroad by British firms
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CommentPayment rules: Was it worth it?
Over the last 20 years the industry has invested in trying to improve cash flow, but has it been money well spent?
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CommentPlanning: Going local
While advertised by the government as a way to boost housing productivity, the Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill only looks set to slow things down
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CommentContract variations: Mixed messages
Preventing certain forms of communication from having authority on a contract may take more than a note in the terms and conditions
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CommentAn unknown quantity
Do we need new planning legislation to accommodate the Build to Rent sector?
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CommentTotal cost: A global view
Akenhead returns to 精东影视 with a column on a recent case which examined the issue of 鈥榯otal cost鈥� or 鈥榞lobal鈥� claims
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CommentCommon law and its death rattle
Is arbitration robbing us of the opportunity to nurture our common law? And who will shed a tear?
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CommentCurb your enthusiasm
If the expert witness you commission comes up with something not entirely to your liking, you might be tempted to shop around for another one. But the court won鈥檛 like it
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CommentContracts: Making amends
What happens when making amendments to a standard contract causes things to go wrong?
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CommentLoose talk
You want to claim the cost of extra works without a written instruction? A new Court of Appeal case just made life a little easier
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CommentRoad to Morocco
With Africa a future engine of global growth, Morocco is a potential gateway to the continent for UK construction companies
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精东影视High Court blocks Halcrow pension restructure
Potential transfer into new scheme deemed illegal
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CommentTime is money
A recent case highlights the complexities of the subcontractor relationship compared to that of employer and main contractor, in terms of extensions of time and delays
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CommentIs cashflow still king?
Adjudication is supposed to ensure that payments are made quickly to keep the money flowing. Is this always the case or do two recent decisions show the TCC to be at odds with itself?
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Comment1984 revisited
As one of our longest-serving columnists prepares to bow out, she looks back at how things have changed in construction law since she wrote her first column for the magazine
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精东影视Balfour fined 拢2.6m for worker trench death
Fine is one of largest ever imposed on a contractor for a fatality
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CommentFIDIC forms: Engineering anxiety
FIDIC forms of contract outline an engineer鈥檚 role in making determinations but how can you be sure that their decision is fair and impartial?
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CommentDAB decisions: Pay now, argue later
Some interesting points from a case where a DAB decision was enforced in arbitration by way of a final partial award
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精东影视Carillion sues Rolls 精东影视 subcontractors over delays
Main contractor claims it incurred liquidated damages as a result of handing the project over late