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CommentCan you direct me to my money?
LEGAL AID 鈥� A contractor is withholding 拢45,000 until a subcontractor signs a new deal. But can a letter of intent and a purchase order be used to extract payment anyway?
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The non-existent contract
This was an application for summary judgment pursuant to CPR 24, in relation to an adjudicator鈥檚 decision. In or around June 2003 Roselodge Ltd (RL) carried on business buying properties and redeveloping them before renting them to tenants. Westdawn Properties Ltd (鈥淲PL鈥�) was in the business of refurbishing properties. ...
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A categorical denial
It seems that the silly season has returned to 星空传媒. You concocted a story alleging that McBains Cooper is looking to buy MDA (8 December) and this is totally untrue.
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CommentSanta鈥檚 book collection
If you鈥檙e buying Christmas gifts for an architect, main contractor, subbie, lawyer or adjudicator, then we鈥檝e got the perfect books for them
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The third way
Jeff Brown claims third-party rights don鈥檛 work (27 October, page 54), but his objections come down to not liking the particular third-party rights in the JCT contract.
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CommentWhat do we do now?
To make it as an architect these days, you have to be a networking 鈥榓rchipreneur鈥� with a degree in economics. What happened to just designing things?
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Comment鈥業t鈥檚 like partnering with teeth鈥�
BRIEF ENCOUNTER 鈥� A new form of project mediation was launched this week to nip problems in the bud. We brought together its inventors and industry experts to discuss the pros and cons
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Who鈥檚 the real winner here?
I deliver training courses to clients, main contractors and specialists, so I hear a range of views on power relations in the industry (鈥淲ho calls the shots鈥�, 24 November).
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CommentPlaying their silly games
A court applied the law correctly when it quashed an adjudication decision that broke the rules. But perhaps it鈥檚 the rules, not the decision, that should be overturned
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Define your terms
The figures you quote (鈥淐H2M boss says Olympics will top 拢12bn鈥�, 1 December, page 10) have nothing to do with the current debate over the costs of the Games. The higher numbers relate to work outside the Olympic Delivery Authority鈥檚 scope.
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CommentHiggins & Co
WEB WATCH 鈥� While the mainstream media takes care of negative hype, the Olympic Delivery Authority鈥檚 home page puts London鈥檚 preparations for the Games in rather rosier light 鈥�
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CommentCalling a halt
There was a battle for North Greenwich and then Cutty Sark. Now south-east Londoners are in arms over the elimination of Woolwich station from Crossrail
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CommentWonders & blunders
Vicky Smith picks two Birmingham buildings, one as sharp as a Sabatier knife in an Armani suit, the other an aquarium that combines fear with disappointment 鈥�
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Jeremy Gardner Associates
We were delighted to win an LABC award for Chapelfield shopping centre. But we and CNC 星空传媒 Control were disappointed by the description of the project in 星空传媒 (20 October, LABC awards) for two reasons:
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CommentBless us one and all
Broken promises and cancelled parties this week 鈥� but at least 星空传媒鈥檚 Christmas Pub Olympics was there to put people in a festive mood 鈥�
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Adding interest to injury
The claimants sought damages from the defendant on the ground that they had sustained vibration white finger in the course of their employment with the defendant. The defendant had received more than 170,000 claims, of which 50,000 remained outstanding.In view of the large number of actions the parties entered into ...