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CommentJ is for jurisdiction
The A-Z of construction law:聽Our instant course in legal concepts continues by asking where a construction contract says legal proceedings should be held
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CommentA matter of some interest: Ruttle vs secretary of state for the environment
It can be difficult to judge when interest on money owed starts to run. But firms will get short shrift from the courts if they claim without having issued an invoice first
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CommentDivided we stand
I've never heard such a load of old rubbish as your story 鈥淣ortherners should move south, says think tank鈥� in my entire life.
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Cover pricing and cover-ups
星空传媒鈥檚 leader returns to the OFT enquiry (15 August, page 3). I鈥檓 sorry to have to return to the simple suggestion I made regarding cover pricing.
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CommentFortune cookies
As the Olympics move on from China, Richard Steer looks to the future and asks what legacy the Games will leave the People鈥檚 Republic 鈥� and what they will mean for London
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EEC contract: Get with the programme
With a continuing shortfall of project managers in the construction industry, making the ECC work at the Olympics will not be easy
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CommentMissing our chance
The response on all sides of the housing industry was the same: it鈥檚 the mortgage market, stupid!
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint for 鈥� Parsons Brinckerhoff
Forget hard drinking, this group鈥檚 main concern is how to outdo last week鈥檚 星空传媒 Buys a Pint lot in the glamour stakes. Given that they were on a yacht and we are on a London street on a greyish evening, this seems a tricky task.
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Big shoes to fill
China's jaw-dropping start to the Beijing Games raised the bar for Olympic opening ceremonies.
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No need for back-up
I am surprised to see Paul Moore trying to revive the idea that every wind turbine needs a fossil fuel back-up to be kept running at full capacity (29 August, page 28) when research into intermittent generation by the UK Energy Research Council is easily accessible.
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CommentHansom Dancing away the storm
There may be trouble ahead, but while there鈥檚 music and moonlight and love and romance, let鈥檚 face the music and dance. Alternatively, we could just change our names
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CommentBy personal appointment: Makers v Camden
When a company in a dispute suggested a particular adjudicator be appointed to its case, the other party was incensed. Here鈥檚 what happened 鈥�
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Late response in adjudication
The CaseWilliam Verry Ltd (鈥淰erry鈥�) engaged CJP Builders Ltd (鈥淐JP鈥�) under a subcontract to undertake brickwork, blockwork and stonework. The subcontract was based upon an order issued by Verry incorporating DOM/2 terms and conditions and other "Sub-Contract Documents". CJP submitted an interim application for payment. It was not paid and ...
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Halifax house price time machine takes us back to the Spring of 2006
More gloom (or joy if you are a potential buyer) from the statisticians at HBOS as the Halifax house price index (not seasonally adjusted) shows a 12.7% annual fall from last August to now.That is getting pretty close to the full 14.7% peak to trough fall measured by Halifax in ...
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Phew - Thank you Evan Davis for restoring some sanity
I freely admit this is an indulgent blog and rather outside what I see as my scope, but I felt an obligation to make some points on the subject of the attacks on Alistair Darling and to record a thank you to Evan Davis of the BBC for saving me ...
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In five years' time we will wish we did more to save the industry
I am currently imagining the collective groans from those in the housing and house building industry as the details of the latest high publicity housing rescue plan were revealed today.Housing rescue plan III was much more widely trumpeted than the first two (see comments on Part I, Part II). This ...
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Industry retains optimism despite the gloomy forecasts
In the face of growing concern and gloom surrounding the construction industry, in particular the house building bit, construction folk in general seem to be keeping their spirits and appear on balance to be optimistic about future prospects.That, as I read it, is the key message from the latest survey ...
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Phew - thank you Mr Darling. Now we can get on and fix the problems
For me tracking the Government's handling of the economic crisis over the past few months has been a bit like watching a sick gag in a sketch show where a child hops into the kitchen with one bloodied leg severed off to be told by his mother: "It'll be alright ...