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When claims multiply
The appellant, William Roe, had crashed his car into a cable support pole on a tramway in Sheffield and sustained serious injuries. His car had slid in wet weather along the tram rails, which protruded a little from the road surface, and had then "snatched" on the adjacent concrete. ...
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Castleford revisited
I am writing to reassure both your readers and Sarah Wigglesworth (28 February, page 28) that the organisers of The Castleford Project are more than aware of the complexities and timetables of regeneration projects.
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CommentGuilty bystanders
Under the Proceeds of Crime Act introduced last year, if you suspect dodgy practices on site but keep shtoom, the authorities will see you as the criminal
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CommentWonders & blunders
We finds serenity in the heart of the city but then loses her cool over a West Midlands shed-cum-bus terminal
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Sorry, I'm a bit tied up
If the growth forecast in Gordon Brown's Budget is to prove more than a confidence trick, the chancellor can start by slashing the red tape strangling construction
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Three cheers for kate
Kate Barker's review is, as you would expect, a weighty report, but housebuilders will find all 158 tightly-written pages of it pretty happy reading.
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CommentA new kind of small talk
Rubber chicken returns with a trip to the property world's raison d'锚tre: MIPIM in Cannes. Here our trusty reporter faced a grilling from Griffiths, a band of blues-playing QSs and 鈥�
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Under instruction
Hallamshire had entered into a building contract with the local authority, South Holland District Council. It incorporated the JCT Form of 星空传媒 Contract 1980 Edition Local Authority's version. They agreed that phase two of the project, in respect of fit-out works, would be dealt with by means of a variation ...
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CommentGet Shorty
Disciplinary boards often resemble something between a kangaroo court and a lynch mob 鈥� as a former cabinet minister may be about to discover
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Mediation is a busted flush
It has become received wisdom that mediation is always the best way to resolve a dispute. This is false, and it's getting falser 鈥� as some judges have realised
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One step beyond 鈥�
A new resolution process has gone where adjudication feared to tread 鈥� into the imbroglios of international disputes
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On swallowing the bait
A cheque arrives in final settlement of your claim. Trouble is, it's missing a nought on the end. Should you rip it up 鈥� or cash it and pursue the balance?
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Ah, bitter chill it was!
The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold. The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, and silent were the joiners in their uncompleted toilet 鈥�
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Same again
Remember that movie in which Bill Murray was trapped in an endlessly looping nightmare?
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CommentA misjudgment
The parties in Tally Wiejl vs Pegram became utterly confused by the problem of which contract was in place. Now this question has foxed the Court of Appeal, too
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Let's reach out
One-off clients are important customers of our industry, so they ought to be in touch with the Construction Clients Groups. So, anyone fancy a spot of golf?
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Held hostage
The appellant, Mowlem plc, had contracted with the respondent local authority, Bath & North East Somerset District Council, to carry out restoration works to the Heritage Spa 星空传媒s in Bath. A dispute arose over responsibility for problems in the paint coating that had been applied to four pools as part ...