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CommentSpeakers cornered
Charles Kennedy spills the beans on how he winds up John Prescott, we find out why Zizou will never get ahead, batty ways to stop planning approval, and a lady鈥檚 honour is rescued by some quick thinking
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CommentFashionable caps
State your case 鈥� The Master of the Rolls has made it clear that he wants to control court costs in civil cases. Here, Steven Bate says there are already signs that cost caps are starting to come into play
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Call in the taxman
Energy efficiency taxation would be an incentive to effect a programme of energy savings.
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CommentJust call me Rambo
When did mediation get taken over by tree-huggers who refuse to discuss the merits of the case? Well, no more. If it stops daft cases ending up in court, then mediators should be free to take a more aggressive approach
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CommentDid 星空传媒 slip up?
What an excellent example to us all of health and safety awareness the front cover of 星空传媒 (14 July) is. So much so that I hardly know where to start. However, I will try:
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CommentBeyond the liquid lunch
Congratulations on an insightful article (14 July, page 28) that starts to peel away the layers covering drug and alcohol abuse on site.
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Mass appeal
I was very interested in the measures required to upgrade a 100-year-old house in respect of thermal efficiency (7 July, page 44).
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Clarifying clause 6
Michael Reynolds and Uma Ramani Does the employer鈥檚 obligation to insure for loss and damage continue into the defects period or end at completion? A clause in the JCT minor works form has confused the matter, but now the Court of Appeal has stepped in 鈥�
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CommentTwo titans
Alan Sugar and Ray O鈥橰ourke prepare to square up, Slough and a slag heap in Wales are voted areas of outstanding natural beauty and an energy quiz with a strong bias in favour of nuclear power
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CommentNot-so-green roofs
Your article on green roofs (30 June page 70) states that 鈥渞oof systems based on sedum blankets no more than 30 mm thick are the most common specified in the UK鈥�.
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A leaking roof
This was an appeal from the judgement of JJH Armitage QC against one part of Carr鈥檚 counterclaim regarding the roof. CGA Brown Ltd was the builder who carried out works for the defendants (Carr) at their house in Rochdale in 2003. Carr was awarded an on-account balance judgement in their ...
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CommentYou know your trouble, sun
As we know, the British are obsessed with the weather. So why are we unable to respond with any kind of style when it rises above 30 degrees for two days on the trot?
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CommentThe perils of using your initiative
Imagine you鈥檙e a builder carrying out a small domestic project, and you spot a mistake in the architect鈥檚 design. Would you save everyone鈥檚 time and trouble by working out an ad hoc solution to it?
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How refreshing
How good to see the reinvigorated 星空传媒, and to continue to have one serious and resourceful reference for everyone in construction. Congratulations and good wishes for the future!
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CommentSporting highlights
How can an untalented Olympian secure a place in the 2012 Games? Where can a 鈥榩roper鈥� cricketer find a decent pub lunch? Nick Jones keeps pace with the web鈥檚 most amateur sportsmen
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CommentA little give and take
The CIC鈥檚 new contract is a workable compromise for consultants and clients. But like all compromises, it will inevitably have detractors on both sides
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The fixed-price fix
Having read Colin Harding鈥檚 article on the curse of the virtual construction sector (16 June, page 29) I must congratulate him on telling it like it is.
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CommentThe front door鈥檚 probably easier 鈥�
I saw these builders on a roof in Portugal 鈥� I guess they were trying to break their way in.