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What do you mean, ‘as far as possible’?

2010-04-23T00:00:00Z

The Supreme Court has been looking at how to interpret words. It favours looking at commercial intention rather than literal meaning – but are intentions any easier to fathom?

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Bribery Bill: Greasing the wheels of commerce

2010-04-23T00:00:00Z

Bribery is endemic in many parts of the world where British firms do business, but any that succumb to it will soon face fairly horrific penalties

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Collatoral contracts: The unkindness of strangers

2010-04-23T00:00:00Z

Collateral contracts are supposed to protect those not party to a contractual set-up. They work, but they also introduce flint-hearted button counters into the equation

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Faulty cladding hits Amec for £2.5m

2010-04-23T00:00:00Z

Amec is forking out £2.5m to repair cladding at a Liverpool hotel three years after it opened.

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Grainger pays out over 'green views' redundancy claim

2010-04-20T18:12:00Z

Former head of sustainability at Grainger wins £42,200 after claim climate change views led to loss of job

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Demolition contractor fined £6,000 for health and safety breach

2010-04-20T13:33:00Z

Ivan Pope pleaded guilty in court after two men were spotted dismantling a pub roof in Lincolnshire using an upturned bucket as scaffolding

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Firms seek legal advice as Bribery Act rushed into law

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

New law signals ‘zero tolerance’ of corruption and widens liability to include third parties

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Vinci and Luton in £4m legal row

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

A legal row has broke out between Vinci and Luton council over a £52m guided busway scheme that was awarded to Bam Nuttall, writes Andrea Klettner

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Match of the day: Mott MacDonald vs Multiplex

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mott MacDonald vs Multiplex is a game of two halves – first there’s the disputing, then there’s coughing up the legal costs. Alas, these are so high, neither wants to call it a draw

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Feeling the squeeze

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

Be careful how you go about recovering money that is owed you – you might fall foul of the Protection from Harassment Act and end up paying them

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Scheming minds

2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

The government has released a consultation on the Scheme for Construction Contracts that proposes big changes in the industry’s rules. Here’s what I think of them …

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Labour cagey over gangmaster laws

2010-04-15T17:27:00Z

Party denies it will extend the rules to the construction industry despite manifesto suggesting it would do so

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Tolent clauses examined

2010-04-14T15:11:00Z

In a landmark judgment yesterday, the Technology and Construction Court held that clauses that require a contractor to pay the employer’s legal costs, win or lose, do not comply with the Construction Act

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Off half-cock

2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

You’d think that getting the contract right before beginning work was just common sense. Especially since, if you don’t, the only people likely to win are the lawyers …

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Going nuclear: contracts for decommissioning work

2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

Everything you wanted to know about the nuclear decommissioning sector but were afraid to ask – explained to you in a three-part series starting with this overview

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Morrison settles Norwich council row over contract award

2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

Morrison has settled a dispute with Norwich council over the award of housing repairs and maintenance work to rival Connaught.The deal allows Connaught to begin work on the £125m contract it won in December to provide services that include waste and recycling, council house repairs, maintenance and M&E servicing.The award ...

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Aukett boss: Halabi bankruptcy will not affect £1m claim

2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

Nicholas Thompson, chief executive of architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson, has said the bankruptcy of developer Simon Halabi will not affect an outstanding debt to the practice of more than £1m in legal costs and fees

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MJ coulson’s model answer

2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

Judging construction disputes can be like sitting exams, but at least we can all learn from the results – as in this case where a builder flunked everything

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Commitment issues

2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

Helen Garthwaite and Brad Fearn The carbon trading scheme was launched last week, and you need to know what the new rules could mean for you – including who will pay for it all

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Regentford fined £250k after worker dies on site

2010-04-07T09:48:00Z

HSE secures conviction of London-based firm with help of BBC footage showing scaffolding in 'poor condition'