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CommentPre-action disclosure in arbitration: Travelers Insurance vs Countrywide Surveyors
This case hinged on whether the court could order documents to be disclosed when the parties were subject to an arbitration agreement
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CommentOsborne establishes his green credentials
It鈥檚 a pleasant surprise to see the government backing the low-carbon agenda
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CommentHansom聽: The bestiary
Strange creatures stalk the diary page this week, including a giraffe on a desert island, a disorganised German organisation and a construction professional who made all the girls swoon
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CommentBalance of terror
Our thanks to Nigel Barrett for this picture of daily life on a south London trading estate.
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CommentRead our online Spending Review debate
Readers put their questions to the industry experts debating the implications of the governement鈥檚 Spending Review
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CommentRonson, Pidgley and Kerslake anticipate 5 years of housing gloom
Predictions from panelists at Movers & Shakers breakfast are as cold as the weather following yesterday's CSR
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CommentAt least Crossrail is going ahead (slowly)
The London rail link will arrive three years late, and there鈥檚 a steep decline in health capital spending.
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CommentIs the CSR the first step to dismantling social housing?
We know funding for housing has been savaged, but how will the money that is available be allocated and what direct effect that will it have on the number of homes built?
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CommentRICS on the Spending Review
RICS director of external affairs comments on the controversial government announcement
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CommentSpending Review: Industry reaction
Find out what the construction industry thinks of George Osborne鈥檚 Spending Review
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Comment拢10 billion less public cash for capital spending in second half of this financial year
New figures on public sector finances suggest that capital spending is already being squeezed
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CommentLive blog: Spending Review 2010
George Osborne鈥檚 announcement on spending cuts has taken place. Read the highlights on our blog
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'It will be a sombre return to market': Dan Labbad on the spending review
Lend Lease regional CEO says the property industry won鈥檛 be able to rely on 鈥檚ilver bullet鈥� sectors for growth in the near future
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CommentHalving housing spend? We'll be lucky
Sources suggest tomorrow鈥檚 spending review will be accompanied by a radical review of how affordable housing is paid for, with central funding cut by anything up to 80%
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CommentFeeling the squeeze in Abu Dhabi
Mega-projects are still on track but consultants out here are seeing margins decline as competition becomes fierce
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CommentPodcast: Economists predict the spending cuts
Listen to our panel of experts discuss the chancellor鈥檚 planned cuts and the possible impact on construction
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CommentComprehensive Spending Review: Brace yourself for bad news
Kier topped our monthly business barometer chart thanks to contracts worth 拢160m. This time last year it was also in the lead, but then its haul was 拢660m
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CommentConstruction in Cairo: Scaling the stone towers
The construction industry in Cairo has tended to stick to concrete buildings of a similar form and size, says Paul Scott. Now this seems to be changing in interesting ways 鈥�
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CommentHansom: Strange days indeed
Nothing is as it seems this week, what with resurrected chief executives turning up at race courses, bestiality taking place in the workplace and well-known architects running away to sea
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