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CommentAdjudication: The list鈥檚 the thing鈥�
As we celebrated 400 years since the Bard鈥檚 death last month, a High Court case reminds us how important it is to ask the right questions
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CommentBehind schedule
A recent judgment in the TCC looks at what can go wrong when parties add scheduled payments into a construction contract
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CommentLow pay? It鈥檚 criminal
It is an offence for employers not to pay the National Living Wage. Construction firms will have to examine contractual arrangements
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CommentLand Registry: Land grab
Two important consultations on how property is registered in this country are currently under way. Can we risk the Land Registry being run by private sector firms?
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精东影视Three-quarters of blacklist claimants take payout
Contractors鈥� spokesperson says more than 450 claimants have settled out of court
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CommentContracts: Contra movement
In this case from the oil and gas industry, a contractor tries to recover costs for its own negligence
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精东影视Halcrow pensioners hire top lawyer to prepare for fund row
Members of engineer鈥檚 scheme advised by Maxwell scandal veteran as parent firm hints at pension restructure
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CommentMind the insurance gap
JCT鈥檚 attempts to simplify construction insurance still has its limitations
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CommentSingapore: The Lion City roars
Can Singapore rival London as the forum of choice to resolve construction contract disputes?
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CommentPanama Papers: Blind data
The Panama Papers should serve as a wake-up call for the industry and how it treats data. It鈥檚 time for contract drafting to move into the 21st century
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CommentDiversity: All there in black and white
Black graduates earn on average 23% less than white graduates - so what鈥檚 the industry got to do to improve its record on equality and diversity?
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CommentConstruction Act: In out 鈥� shake it all about
The power/process plant exemption to the Construction Act no longer makes sense
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CommentUtilities contracts: Be prepared
Regulations are coming into play that require significant pre-procurement preparation from utilities
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CommentContracts: Not so fast
Here鈥檚 a case about a Porsche dealer that promised a customer he was first in the queue for a rare GT3 - but then sold it to somebody else
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CommentBrexit for Brickies
What are the employment law implications were the UK to vote to leave the EU in June? Probably less than you might think - the only certain thing is uncertainty
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CommentContract terms: Room for interpretation
Clause 3 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act raises a question on how to define 鈥榳ritten standard terms of business鈥�
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CommentContracts: A frame of mind
Francis Ho reviews a new framework contract with a greater focus on alliancing and partnering
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CommentApprentices: You鈥檙e hired
When firms start looking at apprenticeships as a source of cheap labour, they risk devaluing the programme, and their own reputations
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CommentNEC: Start at the beginning
A new clause in the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract encourages earlier contractor involvement on projects and heralds a sea change in the employer/contractor relationship