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Catch of the day
Win or lose, at least you used to know where you stood with costs and payments into court. Nowadays it's a grey area that can easily become a swirling fog
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Don't even think about it
Adjudication is potentially so flawed that even a lousy claim stands a chance of success. So for main contractors and employers, deterrence is the name of the game
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Joint roasting
Be wary of situations that may give rise to joint liability in due diligence work. If the other party can't pay its part, you could be landed with the whole lot
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Olympian folly
Everyone is so keen on a British Olympic bid that they're failing to ask whether London really wants to host the games – let alone whether it actually can
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Error of our ways
Surely some mistake? You bet – the construction industry makes them every day of the week. But the great thing about blunders is that they can be put right
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Ups and downs of LIFT
The Local Infrastructure Finance Trust aims to combine facilities for health and social services. But will the disparate local stakeholders unite under the LIFT banner?
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Let's ditch the JCT
Despite their ferocious complexity and bewildering draftsmanship, the industry is still clinging to JCT forms. There are alternatives, and we should use them
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Stretching a point
The courts are straining the meaning of the Construction Act so that parties without a contract can benefit from adjudication. But what's really needed is revision
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A Makarios moment
This year's book review includes an unmissable contract dictionary, even if it was attended by a meeting with the men in black, including a ghost from the Seventies
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Follow the pied piper
Egan is leading us to a wonderful, magical world where buildings are replaced by clip-together kits and all our trained craftsmen mysteriously disappear …
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From ghetto to des res
The best way to regenerate an area is to make it attractive to wealthy households. That requires money for better services and a culture change among housebuilders
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The last battle
A final account statement may seem like a once-and-for-all agreement – but it is not. Get into a dispute and you may find the contract gives it no weight at all
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Banquo's ghost
If you think that as long as a letter is headed with the words 'without prejudice' it's off the record, you could find it haunts you in court
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Feeding the parasites
Egan was meant to get parasitic surveyors, architects and consultants off the builder's back. Now his Strategic Forum is effecting their return
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Stopping the dominos
After 10 years of calm, the collapse of Enron has brought the risks of insolvency back into the spotlight. So how can contractors protect themselves?