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CommentIf at first you don鈥檛 succeed ...
A lot of firms seem to think that if they lose an adjudication, they can try again with a different adjudicator. Ah, but what happens when they finally win and the other side won鈥檛 pay?
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Ecological confusion
I was shocked to see such a misleading article in 星空传媒 (鈥淣eutral ground鈥� 23 February, page 60, about the legal framework of carbon neutral homes).
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A bumpy start
I have worked as a QS, mainly in private practice, for 21 years now. Maybe I am a little sceptical.
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Urban Initiatives
鈥淒eveloping the evening economy is an essential part of regeneration projects,鈥� pronounces Marcus. 鈥淎nd we鈥檙e very happy to do our bit.鈥�
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CommentA stand-up row
Surely it was the operator鈥檚 responsibility to alleviate overcrowding on the crammed trams of Croydon? Well, not unless a performance standard was agreed in the PFI contract
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Poaching QSs
There is a clear shortage of well-trained QSs today, as the list of any agency will illustrate. Last week, after trying to get my equity partner to defect, an agency asked if he knew anyone else in the firm interested in moving.
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Modern life is rubbish
I was delighted to read the demolition of modern methods of construction (MMC) by Sir Digby Jones. The practice of bureaucrats deciding what is modern and what isn鈥檛 without criteria or supporting science is wasteful.
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CommentKeep it together
Judges often have to 鈥榰nwind鈥� adjudicators鈥� decisions to rule on them. When they do, they must consider the whole decision, not just the bit one side wants them to, as this Scottish case shows
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Spitting image
The artist who painted the intrepid Mr Bingham this week needs his hands breaking!
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A risky game
It isn鈥檛 just crane drivers who find themselves under pressure to 鈥減lay the game and take risks to save time鈥�. Just a few weeks ago an acquaintance who drives diggers was saying much the same thing.
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CommentFighting fit
Ray O鈥橰ourke stirs up Anglo-Irish rivalry, 星空传媒 defends itself in court and Gardiner & Theobald鈥檚 QSs battle to be the ultimate bridge-building champions 鈥� all to a backdrop of classical music ...
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CommentEvery little helps
How refreshing to see somebody point out the exodus of staff from Tesco鈥檚 property division at last. I spent several years as a consultant for Tesco, working almost exclusively on its developments, and saw a number of changes over the years. In the past ten years it became more 鈥渞uthlessly ...
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CommentThe do-it-yourself pillory
State your case聽Litigants beware! If you go to court to decide a sensitive dispute, the jackals of the press may have a right to see some of the papers you鈥檝e filed. So, Simon Brew asks, anyone for arbitration?
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CommentIn the detail
Can you identify this building to win a 拢25 drinks voucher and a special mystery prize worth 拢95?
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Dead letters
Subcontractors too must beware of relying on a letter of intent as the courts have made clear that its use may jeopardise the right to adjudicate and thus make the pursuit of claims under the letter more difficult
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A dead loss
I was disappointed to read the article about the Dead Sea project (23 February).
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Comment星空传媒 buys a pint 鈥� for Land Securities
Most of the team are halfway through their first beers by the time Steve and I arrive at 4pm on a Tuesday afternoon.