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CommentGet lost, Plato: City Inn vs Shepherd Construction
The decision in City Inn vs Shepherd Construction is a victory for common sense over philosophical arguments about causation, says the lawyer who acted for Shepherd
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CommentPFI contracts: Chain of fools
The temptation to pass risk down the supply chain until it ends up with a man and a van should be resisted. Here鈥檚 why
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Q+A from the 星空传媒 forum
星空传媒鈥檚 Forum has a special discussion group for sustainability. This week, a member asks a question about where to install an air-source heat pump.
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CommentBT's Gary Wingrove: Your call is important to us
Gary Wingrove is responsible for helping cut BT鈥檚 拢900m-a-year property spending habit. And to do it, he鈥檚 moving away from its frameworks. So who is he looking to talk to, asks Emily Wright, and what does he want to hear?
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On turning a blind eye: Traditional Structures vs HW Construction
If you notice that a supplier has mistakenly failed to charge for an item on their tender, can you accept the price, keep shtoom and then hold them to it?
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City Inn vs Shepherd: Have you seen the contractor鈥檚 behind?
If a storm and a contractor both delay a project, is the contractor eligible for an extension? This ancient problem has just had another going over in the Scottish Court of Appeal
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CommentRichard Steer on Aecom's takeover of Davis Langdon
What does the takeover mean for the UK cost consultants who value their independence?
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CommentKnowles' knowledge: Improving your payment terms
In order to clinch a deal its easy to overlook poor payment terms, but you may be in a better negotiating position than you think鈥�
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Traditional Structures Limited v HW Construction: Rectifying a unilateral mistake
A subcontractor loses out by mistakenly omitting the cost of cladding in a tender. What does the judge decide?
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CommentValue of UK homes rose 拢125.7 billion in 2009
Sounds big, but it's not so impressive when you consider inflation and stock growth
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CommentHow to force clients to pay more quickly
A quarter of contractors wait over 60 days for payment from clients. Here are the legal routes to prompter payments
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CommentRelationship problems
If an adjudicator has a prior connection with one of the advocates arguing a case, does that constitute 鈥檃pparent bias鈥�? Here鈥檚 what the court had to say 鈥�
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CommentHansom: The guest list
David Beckham, Annie Lennox and Jay-Z hotfoot it to the Metropole, Mr Bill Ding has an appointment at the magistrates鈥� court and the communities department invites charges of hypocrisy
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Miller Group
I refer to your article 鈥淏reaking the shackles鈥� (23 July, page 16), which includes Miller Group in a list of refinanced housebuilders, all of whom, with the exception of Miller Group, are majority owned or controlled by Lloyds Banking Group
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Guess x estimate
Dare I suggest that your article on SAP has the world upside-down (23 July, page 22)?The science world has only the vaguest quantitative measure of global warming and the contribution to it of carbon dioxide; the possible contribution of the UK to making a change in this is swamped by ...
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Commit to low carbon
Given the continuing delays to the Renewable Heating Incentive (16 July, page 13) and the recent announcement of funding cuts for low-carbon technology, we could be forgiven for thinking the government has lost its conviction in the fight against climate change
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CommentLLPs: You鈥檙e not bullet proof
Don鈥檛 be fooled by the apparent protection offered by a limited liability partnership - you could still find the family home is at risk if the LLP goes under