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A necessary expense
Although I normally find your leader page of great interest, I must admit to some disappointment in the choice of words regarding the fire at Camberwell
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CommentLocal concerns
I was among the 150 residents evacuated because of the Camberwell fire on Wednesday morning
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Choosing an expert witness: Michelangelo Who?
Many cases are decided by the testimony of an expert witness, says Paul Donnelly. So, a great way to lose your case is to employ the wrong one. Here鈥檚 how you avoid that
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CommentChris Wise on chivalry in construction
The Middle Ages weren鈥檛 all codpieces, smiting and pointy shoes. In fact, many of the principles of knightly conduct still apply today, often in surprising ways
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CommentWonders & Blunders with Keith Williams
Keith Williams salutes a Victorian grand projet that brought London together, but blows a raspberry at a shopping centre that ignores it entirely
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CommentThe Scottish enlightenment: Expert determination vs arbitration
What鈥檚 the difference between expert determination and arbitration? Is there a difference? Yes there is, and a Caledonian court spelled it out
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Push ahead
I fully endorse the WWF鈥檚 call for every house in Scotland to be given free loft and wall insulation to help meet the targets for cutting carbon emissions laid down in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act
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Nil desperandum: Fighting a firm in administration
Andrew MacCuish and Steven Fennell聽What do you do if the company you are suing goes into administration? Well, actually, there are quite a few steps you should consider
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CommentThe home guard: Defective Premises Act
The Defective Premises Act protects the owners and occupiers of dwellings against shoddy workmanship. A recent case will help ensure that those at fault do not escape liability
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Comment2010: The year of the deal
WYG decided to go into Ireland shortly before its economy imploded; worse decisions were possible (a Reykjavik office?) but only justGrowth and success are not the same thing. Unless expansion is carried out by a skilled management team working to a plan as shrewd as it is lucky, opening overseas ...
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Number snacks: 2
Contractors won 61% less in commercial sector construction orders in cash terms in the 12 months to November last year than they did in 12 months to the end of 2007.Here is a graph of orders won for all types of new work on a 12-month rolling basis.The graph shows ...
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Why the forecast of a shallower recession is bad news for contractors
The latest forecast from the Construction Products Association suggests that the drop in future workload will not be as large as the forecasters had previously thought.The graph opposite compares the past three Construction Products Association forecasts.It clearly shows that with each progressive quarterly forecast the expected hole in construction workload ...
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CommentWouldn鈥檛 you like to live in the past?
Splendid architecture, fully staffed train stations in every village, motorway service stations serving the produce of local farms 鈥� Michael Gove makes his (optimistic) predictions for 2010
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CommentNot a good plan
PRP welcomes the advent of guidance from the NHBC on the design of open-plan flats that will meet fire safety requirements (11 December, page 58)
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No snow without fire
Both Eurostar (which operates the trains) and Eurotunnel (which operates the tunnel) were clearly ill-prepared to handle the breakdowns of trains before Christmas
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CommentHansom: Midwinter night鈥檚 dream
My construction compatriots have been enjoying swimming pools, ice cream, stripping off, slimming down and having a break from work 鈥� is this January I see before me or the height of summer?
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CommentJoint expert witnesses: Clandestine communications
There are some grey areas to being a joint expert witness, but one thing is clear: talking to one party without the other鈥檚 knowledge is not on